Chart: Has Your State Left Federal Unemployment Money Unclaimed?
by Olga Pierce, ProPublica — July 2, 2009
As we detailed in our series with public radio’s Marketplace, the U.S.’s patchwork unemployment insurance system — each state has their own program — features wildly varying levels of financing and benefits. The percent of unemployed workers collecting benefits also varies, from 22 percent in Washington, D.C., to 77 percent in Idaho.
The stimulus bill, passed in February, includes $7 billion for states that expand their unemployment insurance to include new groups of workers, including part-time and low-income workers. States have until 2011 to take advantage of the funding — and some are in the process of passing legislation to do that — but so far 29 states have not expanded their benefits enough claim their full share of the funds. Read the full story here.
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| State | Funding Available | Amount Claimed | Qualifying Modernization Policies* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $100.5 million | $0 | None |
| Alaska | $15.6 million | $5.2 million | Already had dependant allowance and spouse relocation, added alternative base period |
| Arizona | $150.1 million | $0 | Already covered workers who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Arkansas | $60.0 million | $60.0 million | Adopted alternative base period, added coverage for part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| California | $838.7 million | $838.7 million | Adopted alternative base period (effective 2011), already covered part-time workers , those in job training and those who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Colorado | $127.5 million | $127.5 million | Adopted alternative base period, added coverage for workers in job training and those who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Connecticut | $87.8 million | $87.8 million | Already used the alternative base period, and offered a dependent allowance, added coverage for workers who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Delaware | $21.9 million | $0 | Already covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
| District of Columbia | $27.6 million | $9.2 million | Already used the alternative base period, covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
| Florida | $444.3 million | $0 | None |
| Georgia | $220.3 million | $220.3 million | Already used the alternative base period, added coverage for part-time workers and those in job training |
| Hawaii | $30.5 million | $30.5 million | Already used the alternative base period, amended coverage for part-time workers and and those who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Idaho | $32.3 million | $32.3 million | Adopted the alternative base period, added coverage for part-time workers and those in job training |
| Illinois | $301.2 million | $301.2 million | Already used the alternative base period, increased the dependent allowance and amended coverage for workers who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Indiana | $148.5 million | $0 | Already covered workers who leave their jobs because of domestic violence or a spouse relocates |
| Iowa | $70.8 million | $70.8 million | Adopted the alternative base period, amended coverage for part-time workers and added coverage for those in job training |
| Kansas | $69.0 million | $69.0 million | Adopted the alternative base period, added coverage for part-time workers and those in job training, already offered coverage for workers who leave their job because of domestic violence or when a spouse relocates |
| Kentucky | $90.2 million | $0 | None |
| Louisiana | $98.4 million | $0 | Already covered part-time workers |
| Maine | $28.2 million | $28.2 million | Already used alternative base period, covered part-time workers, amended coverage for workers in job training and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| Maryland | $126.8 million | $0 | Added coverage for part-time workers, already covered workers who leave their jobs because of an illness or disability in the family |
| Massachusetts | $162.7 million | $54.2 million | Already used the alternative base period, offered a dependent allowance and covered workers who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
| Michigan | $208.3 million | $69.4 million | Already used alternative base period |
| Minnesota | $130.1 million | $130.1 million | Amended alternative base period, added coverage for part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| Mississippi | $56.1 million | $0 | None |
| Missouri | $133.3 million | $0 | None |
| Montana | $19.5 million | $19.5 million | Already covered workers who leave their jobs because of domestic violence, adopted the alternative base period, coverage for part-time workers and those in job training |
| Nebraska | $43.6 million | $0 | Already covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| Nevada | $76.9 million | $76.6 million | Adopted the alternative base period, already covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| New Hampshire | $31.4 million | $31.4 million | Already used the alternative base period, covered part-time workers, added coverage for those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| New Jersey | $206.8 million | $206.8 million | Already used alternative base period, covered part-time workers, amended coverage for workers in job training |
| New Mexico | $39.0 million | $13.0 million | Already used the alternative base period, offered a dependent allowance, covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
| New York | $412.7 million | $412.7 million | Already used the alternative base period, amended coverage for part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| North Carolina | $205.1 million | $68.4 million | Already used the alternative base period, covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| North Dakota | $14.6 million | $0 | None |
| Ohio | $264.5 million | $88.2 million | Already used the alternative base period |
| Oklahoma | $75.9 million | $75.9 million | Amended alternative base period, added coverage for part-time workers and those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| Oregon | $85.6 million | $85.6 million | Adopted the alternative base period, amended coverage for workers in job training and amended coverage for those who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| Pennsylvania | $273.3 million | $0 | Already covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs because a spouse relocates |
| Rhode Island | $23.5 million | $7.8 million | Already used the alternative base period and covered workers who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| South Carolina | $97.5 million | $0 | Already offered coverage to workers who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
| South Dakota | $17.6 million | $5.9 million | Adopted the alternative base period, already covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
| Tennessee | $141.8 million | $141.8 million | Adopted the alternative base period, added dependent allowance and coverage for part-time workers |
| Texas | $555.7 million | $0 | Already covered workers who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons |
| Utah | $61.0 million | $0 | None |
| Vermont | $13.9 million | $13.9 million | Already used alternative base period, covered part-time workers and those who leave their jobs because of domestic violence, added coverage for workers in job training |
| Virginia | $188.5 million | $62.8 million | Already used alternative base period |
| Washington | $146.6 million | $48.9 million | Already used alternative base period, covered workers who leave their jobs for compelling family reasons, added coverage for workers who leave their jobs when a spouse relocates |
| West Virginia | $33.2 million | $11.0 million | Adopted alternative base period |
| Wisconsin | $133.9 million | $133.9 million | Already used the alternative base period, added coverage for workers in job training, amended coverage for workers who leave their jobs for a compelling family reason |
| Wyoming | $14.2 million | $0 | Already covered part-time workers, those who leave their jobs because of domestic violence |
*Current as of June 16
Source: Department of Labor and National Employment Law Project
