How to Make Ends Meet While You're Waiting For That Unemployment Check
Between mid-March and the end of April, more than 30 million Americans filed for unemployment. That's nearly 30 times the number of jobless claims that were filed in the six weeks prior to mid-March. A spike of that magnitude represents a massive blow to American households, but it's also presenting a unique challenge for state unemployment departments.
New York's unemployment website "collapsed" in April due to the volume of claims; the state responded by staffing 1,000 employees to answer incoming phone calls. Wisconsin's unemployment office transferred in 100 employees from other departments to process claims, and they're interviewing people to fill another 200 open positions. In Hawaii, state leaders are hoping to recruit 1,000 volunteers to help work through 200,000 pending claims.
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