Georgia is set to end its participation in federal unemployment programs, including the $300 weekly federal unemployment payments that top up the state’s unemployment benefits, Gov. Brian Kemp said in a release on Thursday while announcing the state’s plan for economic recovery.
The Peach State will discontinue on June 26 four federal unemployment programs that were put in place by the CARES Act and subsequent relief packages, including the latest $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 passed in March. The latter package gave those unemployed additional federal payments of $300 per week through Sept. 6.
