FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR KANSAS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-announces-lost-wages-grant-kansas]


Release Date: 
September 8, 2020 

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

On Aug. 8, 2020, 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 Kansas 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.