FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR MAINE
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20200825/fema-announces-lost-wages-grant-maine]


Release Date: 
August 25, 2020 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Maine for a FEMA
grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s grant funding
will allow Maine to provide $300 per week -- on top of their regular
unemployment benefit -- to those unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA will
work with Maine Gov. Janet Mills to implement a system to make this
funding available to Maine residents.

On Aug. 8, President Trump made available up to $44 billion from
FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to
Americans who have lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the
state of Maine agreed to administer a lost wages program for its
citizens who are unemployed due to COVID-19.

FEMA looks forward to working with the governors of additional states
who agree to administer a lost wages program to bring financial relief
to unemployed Americans.