FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR CONNECTICUT
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20200824/fact-sheetlost-wages-assistance-approved-states]


Release Date: 
août 24, 2020 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Connecticut for
a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s grant
funding will allow Connecticut to provide $300 per week -- on top of
their regular unemployment benefit -- to those unemployed due to
COVID-19. FEMA will work with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont to implement
a system to make this funding available to Connecticut residents.

On Aug. 8, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from
FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to
Americans who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the
state of Connecticut agreed to administer a lost wages program for its
citizens who are unemployed due to COVID-19.

FEMA looks forward to working with the governors of additional states
who agree to administer a lost wages program to bring financial relief
to unemployed Americans.