FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR VIRGINIA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20200826/fema-announces-lost-wages-grant-virginia]


Release Date: 
August 27, 2020 

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

On Aug. 8, 2020, 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 Virginia 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.