As of today, it’s official: The program that provides federal benefits to long-term unemployed workers has expired. There’s hope for the program to be revived, but until then, long-term unemployed workers are getting no further help making ends meet.
Read more about what this means for out-of-work Wisconsinites at the Wisconsin Budget Project’s newest blog post.
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