Tennessee starts sending $600 federal unemployment benefit
Approved Unemployment Claimants Receive First Payment from CARES Act Funding
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April 16, 2020
The state of Tennessee has started paying approved unemployment claimants their first installment of the $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) benefit, in addition to their Tennessee Unemployment Compensation (TUC) benefit.
On Tuesday, April 14, the state distributed benefit payments of close to $94 million to financial institutions for approximately 110,000 unemployed Tennesseans. Most claimants will receive their directly-deposited payment on Wednesday, April 15.
The number of payments is projected to increase throughout the week and will likely exceed 150,000.
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