Sunday, February 19, 2012

Unemployed Texans get stimulus help - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The stimulus plan furnished anadditional $25 per week to qualified job seekers as they work to find permanentr employment. Eligible Texans began receiving the benefitt increasein mid-March. The increase is effectivr for all initial claims fileddthrough Dec. 26, 2009. “Thse $100 million for increased unemployment benefits supplied by the Americahn Recovery and Reinvestment Act is beingf pumped back into theTexas economy,” Texass Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken says. Since the increasre is federally funded, Texaw employers are not contributing to theadditionao $25 per week in benefits.
The Texas Workforcde Commission administers unemployment benefits to workerx who become unemployed through no faulr of their own and are activelhyseeking work. Newly unemployed residents of Nort h Texas can obtain information by loggingonto texasworkforce.org or by calliny (972) 234-5391.

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