Colorado is in the middle of the pack, compared to other states’ efforts to implement the new programs. Twenty-eight other states had resumed PUA payments and 26 states had implemented teh extension to regular benefits as of Jan. 27, according to research by The Century Foundation.
And only a handful of states, including Colorado, have not yet implemented the $300-a-week boost. Colorado state officials said that they had to complete the sprawling MyUI+ software upgrade earlier this month before they could finish programming the extended benefits. The software upgrade saved the state from longer delays, they argued.
Cher Roybal Haavind, the deputy executive director for CDLE, said that the department doesn’t yet have a timeline for rolling out extended benefits to the second group of people. That second group includes people who had already run out of benefits prior to the programs’ expiration date in December.
“We understand that this gap in benefits has been challenging, and we appreciate your patience as we have worked to program these changes into our systems,” read an email from the labor department.
What you need to do to get extended benefits:
Extended PEUC and PUA benefits will be available for the week of Feb. 1 for people in the first phase of deployment. That first phase only includes people who still had active claims when the previous programs expired late in December. They should receive an email from CDLE.
The email instructs them to:
- Log into the MyUI+ system. If necessary, create an account.
- Apply for regular unemployment benefits by selecting “Apply for Standard UI Benefits” in the navigation menu. This is necessary even for people who know they have exhausted their regular benefits. The system must reject your application for regular benefits before it can approve you for extended benefits. This is a requirement of federal guidelines, according to CDLE. It can take 24 hours to get that rejection. If you do not see an option to apply for standard benefits, continue to the next step.
- On or after Feb. 1, reopen your PUA or PEUC claim in MyUI+.
The system will automatically backdate claims for all available weeks. Once the claim is reopened, applicants must continue to certify their claim weekly to get payments.
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