Estimates two hundred Thousand would certainly lose state assistance following this week
Closely on the heels of the Labor Office statement that national jobless claims increased unexpectedly during the last 7 days following a sharp decline from the previous week, The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said it is advocating Congress to act quickly to lengthen deadlines for the fed Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) plan.
In the event that no extension passes by Saturday, ODJFS shows nearly 200,000 Ohioans getting regular unemployment benefits whom aren’t going to be qualified to receive extended benefits, and the amount may continue to rise as the recession deepens.
Ohio is ranked 8th worst state for joblessness requiring renewal of unemployment benefits
The National Employment Law Project (NELP), which conducted a national and state-by-state estimate of workers who will have no funds to keep them afloat until they can find a job if Congress does not enact an extension of unemployment insurance benefits included in the ARRA that expires at the end of February, showed that 1.2 million American workers will be left stranded by March, and that about 5 million Americans will experience the same fate by June.