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Attached Document:
09dc011.pdf
OMM/OCFS/OTDA Materials: Temporary Assistance GIS Messages
09 TA/DC011: TA, FS and HEAP Treatment of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 $25 Per Week Increase to Unemployment Insurance Benefits
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On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The bill authorized a temporary, $25 per week increase in Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) for current and new recipients of UIB. The increase, known as the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC), includes individuals who are collecting either regular or extended unemployment insurance benefits. The $25 per week ($108 per month) increase will be made retroactively on weekly benefits paid back to the week ending March 1, 2009 and will be made prospectively on weekly benefits received until December 31, 2009. On March 25, 2009, the New York State Department of Labor announced that the retroactive payments back to March 1st will be made to current recipients on March 30, 2009, and that the $25 increase to weekly benefits will be included in benefits paid for the first week of April, 2009. The increase to weekly benefits will be included in weekly benefits through December 31, 2009. All recipients of UIB, even if only eligible for $1 per week in regular UIB, will receive the $25 per week FAC payment.
The purpose of this GIS is to explain how districts must treat the $25 per week UIB increase when determining eligibility and benefit amounts for Temporary Assistance (TA), Food Stamps (FS) and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). The increase to UIB income for currently active TA and FS cases has not been done automatically as part of the recent mass rebudgeting to food stamp cases. Adjustments to TA and FS budgets must be done manually.
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Created: 11/12/2009
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