The PUA application is available at: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Application

• You MUST file for regular UI benefits before completing the PUA application. Please carefully review How to File a PUA Claim.

• PUA is effective February 2, 2020 through September 4, 2021. No new applications will be allowed after September 6, 2021.

• The additional 29-week extension of PUA implemented by the American Rescue Plan Act is effective March 14, 2021 through September 4, 2021.

• Individuals who are typically ineligible for regular UI (i.e. independent contractors, gig workers, those with insufficient work history) that cannot work due to COVID-19 are potentially eligible for a maximum of 79 weeks of benefits, which includes $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC).

• If you are eligible for PUA, then you MUST file your weekly continued claim forms through Claimant Services for all weeks you are requesting benefits.

• For more information about PUA, please read our Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) FAQs.

Including the first page of the two-page FAQ below (click the link above for the full document.