FEMA ANNOUNCES LOST WAGES GRANT FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20200908/fema-announces-lost-wages-grant-washington-dc]


Release Date: 
September 8, 2020 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor approved Washington D.C.
for a FEMA grant under the Lost Wages Assistance program. FEMA’s
grant funding will allow the District of Columbia to provide $300 per
week -- on top of their regular unemployment benefit -- to those
unemployed due to COVID-19. FEMA will work with District of Columbia
Mayor  Muriel Bowser 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
District of Columbia 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.