Texans receive $100 million in unemployment benefits from stimulus plan - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The stimulus plan furnishe d anadditional $25 per week to qualified job seeker s as they work to find permanent Eligible Texans began receiving the benefit increase in mid-March. The increasew is effective for all initial claims filedthroughb Dec. 26, 2009. “The $100 million for increasesd unemployment benefits supplied by the American Recoveryu and Reinvestment Act is being pumped back into the Texas Texas Workforce Commission Chairman TomPauken says. Since the increase is federallyt funded, Texas employers are not contributinyg to theadditional $25 per week in benefits.
The Texasd Workforce Commission administers unemployment benefitsa to workers who becomr unemployed through no fault of theie own and are activelyseeking work. Newlyh unemployed San Antonio residents can obtain informationm by loggingonto texasworkforce.ortg or by calling (210)