FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20200824/fema-anuncia-subvencion-de-salarios-perdidos-para-new-hampshire]


Release Date: 
August 24, 2020 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved New Hampshire
for a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s
grant funding will allow New Hampshire to provide $300 per week
– on top of their regular unemployment benefit – to those
unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA will work with New Hampshire
Gov. Christopher T. Sununu to implement a system to make this funding
available to New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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.