A program to help Maryland residents left unemployed because of the coronavirus crisis .
The Lost Wages Assistance program is launching ahead of schedule after Maryland applied for and was approved to receive a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in August.
An executive order signed聽by President Donald Trump on Aug. 8 allows FEMA to spend up to $44 billion from its Disaster Relief Fund to provide lost wages assistance to states.
in unemployment benefits to residents who lost wages because of the pandemic, on top of a regular $100 payment from the state.
There will be a total of six weeks of $300 payments.
The federal benefits are retroactive to the weeks ending Aug. 1 through Sept. 5.
Residents will be notified through the state’s and by email.
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草莓传媒’s Michelle Basch contributed to this report.
