Modernizing Unemployment Insurance
The unemployment insurance modernization provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) extend a total of $7 billion in incentive funding to states that make their insurance systems more responsive to the needs of low-wage workers, part-time workers, female workers, and the long-term unemployed.
Since ARRA’s enactment, 32 states have adjusted their systems and have qualified for the maximum incentive payment; eight other states have qualified for partial payment. The remaining states have until August 2011 to act.
The map (right), which was prepared by the National Employment Law Project, shows the current status of each state.
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