This neighborhood is hard hit by coronavirus Our families work in service industry jobs, says Carlyn Oropez, director of operations at the facility. The total number of people who are receiving traditional state unemployment benefits fell to 5.3 million for the week that ended December 12 from a week earlier. The steady decline since then means that some unemployed Americans are finding work and no longer receiving aid. But it also indicates that many of the unemployed have used up their state benefits, which typically expire after six months. Millions more jobless Americans are now collecting checks under two federal programs that were created in March to ease the economic pain inflicted by the pandemic.

Source: The Standard December 23, 2020 13:30 UTC