Title: Your Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits: What to Know
Headings: Everything We Know About CARES Act Expanded Unemployment Benefits
Everything We Know About CARES Act Expanded Unemployment Benefits
Who qualifies for unemployment benefits?
How do you file for unemployment benefits?
How much can you get?
When will the money arrive?
How long do added unemployment benefits last?
Will the program be extended?
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Content: Your Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits: What to Know
Everything We Know About CARES Act Expanded Unemployment Benefits
By Adam K. Raymond
More than 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment so far. Photo: Oilvier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
We’re committed to keeping our readers informed. We’ve removed our paywall from essential coronavirus news stories. Become a subscriber to support our journalists. Subscribe now. When Congress passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus package to combat the economic crisis created by the coronavirus outbreak, the top-line item was the $1,200 payments that will (eventually) go out to most Americans. But the crown jewel of the legislation was the expansion of unemployment insurance that will benefit people who’ve lost their work due to the crisis. And there are a lot of those people.