FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR ALABAMA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-announces-lost-wages-grant-alabama]


Release Date: 
八月 22, 2020 

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