Sentence examples for weeks of assistance from inspiring English sources

The cornerstone of the program, regular unemployment insurance benefits, provides up to 26 weeks of assistance financed by the states.

Under the new law, workers whose 26 weeks of benefits have run out are eligible to receive another 13 weeks of assistance.

But by the end of September, the extended benefits will end in the last three states providing 99 weeks of assistance — Nevada, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

The first to be triggered, EUC, gives up to 53 weeks of assistance based on the state's unemployment rate.

Perry's bill also includes a provision that will preserve the state's eligibility for the federal Extended Benefits program, which gives the long-term unemployed their final 20 weeks of assistance in states with high unemployment rates.

That leaves state benefits, which typically last six months, and federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation, which used to offer 53 weeks of assistance but has been trimmed by Congress as well.

Under the 1974 Trade Adjustment Assistance program they will receive a year of cash payments and 104 weeks of retraining assistance.

In addition, people who exhaust their state benefits in the coming weeks will also be able to claim up to 13 additional weeks of federal assistance.

The measure provides up to 14 weeks of additional assistance to unemployed people who have exhausted their state and federal benefits, but up to 20 additional weeks to those in about 26 states with unemployment rates exceeding 8.5percentt.

Emergency benefits providing up to 47 weeks of financial assistance to those who have been unemployed for more than six months are set to expire on 29 December.

The six weeks of income assistance afforded by the CCB can be taken at once, broken down into one week periods and spread out over six months, and/or be shared between family members.