N.J. offering direction for those with expiring unemployment benefits

Friday, 28 August 2009 15:27

The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development Friday began reaching out to 33,000 unemployed New Jerseyans who are approaching the final payment available to them under all regular state and federal unemployment benefit programs.

Gov. Jon Corzine is urging President Obama and the Congress to provide additional weeks of extended benefits to individuals who remain unemployed after exhausting all current benefits. However, as of Friday, no additional state or federal assistance is available.

The state Labor Department is telling the 33,000 people that it will notify potentially eligible individuals by mail if any additional unemployment benefits are enacted by the federal government.

The text of the Labor Commissioner David J. Socolow's letter to claimants reads:

"The department's records indicate that you will soon exhaust your Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits. Governor Corzine is urging President Obama and the Congress to provide additional weeks of extended benefits to individuals who remain unemployed after running out of all unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, at this time, no additional Federal or State assistance is available through Unemployment Insurance.

"I understand that this is an extremely difficult time for you and your family. Governor Corzine in July asked me to begin looking across state government for any programs that might be of assistance to you once you have exhausted your unemployment benefits. I encourage you to explore all of the services and programs available to assist you during these challenging economic times. Please note that even if you were considered ineligible for these services while you were collecting unemployment insurance benefits, you may become eligible when your benefits are exhausted. You may qualify for services and programs from the following:

NJHelps is a free, easy and confidential way to determine your eligibility for services and resources. Please visit njhelps.org for more information regarding food and nutrition, child and family resources, income support for adults, health insurance, utility assistance, and seniors and people with disabilities.
NJ Housing Resource Center can assist you with finding an affordable place to live, housing options for the disabled and other useful information. Please visit njhousing.com.
NJ211 is also a free, confidential and multilingual community resource service provided by the New Jersey United Ways. You can reach a Resource Specialist by dialing 2-1-1 from a landline or cell phone. In addition, as you know, your local One-Stop Career Center can help you look for a job. Job postings and other services are available at nj.gov/jobseeker.

I encourage you to investigate all of these programs and sources of support, which may help you meet your needs. If the federal government provides any additional extended unemployment benefits in the future, all potentially eligible individuals will be notified by mail.''

– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

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I am a mom of two children, I've been layoff from my job since july 2007. Just like the thousand of us that still unemployment. I did everything to get a job and no luck. I am currently working on my BA . Governor Corzine you send out a letter letting us know that these so -call agency will assist you. Not!!!!. The father of my two children take care of his kids, but as of right now he's getting less hours at work. A few weeks ago I went to the SHITHelp agency( the welfare office) . The people that work there don't know shit , they love to send u all around the building. All I wanted was help.(A . food to feed my kids B . help with my rented C. Health Insurance ) only thing I got was food which was great. If I need anything else I would have to put the father of my two kids on child support. I believe u only put them on child support if their are death beat, and he's not. Right now I don't know how am I going to pay my October rent, I only have a dollar to my name. If anybody out there would like to donate anything to me and my kids . Thank you.

My son is in his last year of school, I'm the only one working and I hate my job but every day when then the alarm buzzes I have to grit my teeth and go. I'm scared to death cause my fiance has exhausted his benefits and went to the welfare office and they won't help him becuase my son is not his. Why does shit have to be so difficult. He's been livin under his roof for the last 14 years. He can't even get medicaid so he can go to the doctors. Why this happened! I'll tell you. The Bush Admin were so geared towards getting revenge on terrorist and his stupid ass daddy who thet terrorist vowed to assasaint that he didn't think straight and sent our troops to an unknown world to fight for nothing at all. He should have sent his two drunk ass daughters! Well now we are were we are. How do we as a people come together and help resolve this problem. Nobody seems to have the answer but we can pray for each other and God will here us all. Pray for this recession to end every day and every minute. With everyboty who is going through this prayers, trust me it will soon be over!! Love You All and Please have faith!! IT will come to pass soon. I promise so help me GOD!!

what is going on with the extended unemployment
congress has passed the bill Hr3548 why is the senate & President Obama dragging their feet on getting it passed , I guess its because their all living nice lives feeding their kids and paying their bills while we haft to stuggle to have gas in the car buy food for our kids , come on Senators & persident Obama get off your Butts and do what is right foe the country
Pass the bill NOW

ALLOW WORKERS TO WORK WHATEVER HOURS THEY WANT & ALLOW THEM TO COME TO WORK EARLY OR/& LATE @ WHATEVER HOURS THEY WANT TO WORK & ALLOW THEM EXTRA HOURS IF THEY WANT TO WORK EXTRA HOURS & ALSO ALLOW THEM LESS HOURS IF THEY WANT TO WORK LESS HOUR, & ALSO GET RID OF CORRUPTION AND ALSO FEMINISM, IS THE ROOT OF DEBT FOR PUBLIC & PRIVATE & FOR ALL GOVERNMENTS, IN EVERY COUNTRY HAVE/HAS SAME SET OF PROBLEMS, CRATED BY WHAT WE CALL FEMINISM, IS ROOT OF ALL PROBLEMS, IN EVERY COUNTRY: FEMINISM CAUSES CORRUPTION, CAUSES WASTEFUL SPENDING !!!!! EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME WOULD BE A BIG FIRST STEP IN REMOVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE HUMAN POPULATION, FORCED TO LIVE UNDER CORRUPTION & WASTEFUL SPENDING & MISALLOCATION OF RESOURCES: 1 SUCH WASTEFUL SPENDING BE MAKING NARROW ROADS, MAKE IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THEM: WHY GOVERNMENT NOT MAKE ROADS A LITTLE BIT WIDER, SUCH AS MAKING ROADS ONE METER EXTRA WIDER FOR SAFETY: SAFETY & DISEASE PREVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT OUR & EVERY GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO: OUTLAW CANDY/IES & SWEETS, IS BIG PROBLEM FOR KIDS, THAT WILL ONE DAY GROW UP INTO ADULTS: THAT IS SAVING OF ONE TRILLION $$ RIGHT THERE, IF THE COWARDLY POLITICIANS HAD THE COURAGE TO OUTLAW CANDY/IES & SWEETS, THERE BE NO CAVITIES, THERE BE LESS NEED TO GOTO DENTISTS, & BE LESS SPENDING ON HEALTH CARE: SAVINGS OF ONE TRILLIONS $.

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MY LAST EXTENSION WAS EXHAUSTED AT THE END OF AUGUST, AND JOBS ARE SCARCE IN MY AREA..BEING 63 MAKES THIS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN A JOB.. THE GOV.IS BAILING OUT POORLY RUN COMPANIES , WHICH IS A SHAME..AND I DO NOT SEE MUCH IMPROVEMENT SINCE THE BAILOUTS..WHY DO WE HAVE TO SUFFER, AFTER WORKING ALL OUR LIVES TO EARN A LIVING, AND SURVIVE?? HOW CAN I PURCHASE A GM CAR, WITH NO INCOME?? OR HELP WITH ANY OF THE BAILED OUT CORPS? GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MAKE POOR PERSONAL CHOICES, AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RESPECT THEM? MADOFF , ALTHOUGH IN PRISON, ROBBED GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE BEFORE HE WAS CAUGHT. AND WE LEAVE OUR LIVES, AND TRUST IN THIER HANDS. CONGRESS, SENATE, AND THE TOP OFFICIALS NEED TO MAKE UNEMPLOYMENT A TOP PRIORITY..OR THERE WILL BE MORE HUNGREY CHILDREN, MORE HOMELESS, AMD MORE DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDES.. ON MY BLOCK ALONE, THERE IS A LEAST 10 PEOPLE OUT OF WORK, AND HAVE NO MORE BENEFITS..CANNOT SELL THIER HOMES, PAY THE BILLS, OR FEED THIER FAMILIES..I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I AM WASTING MY TIME WRITING IN THIS BLOG..WHOES GONNA READ IT, OTHER THEN THE OTHERS SUFFERING , WORRYING, AND STUCK IN THE MESS THE GOV. CREATED...KATHY

We need Extended unemployment benefits,if we could bail out big companies like AIG and took the goverment money and went on big expensive vacations than why cant congress go and pass the bill HR3404 we the people really need the help right now we need to urge congress to pass this bill and do it now there r many people who will lose their homes wont be able to feed their children or purchase their medications they need to survive every day
Congress pass the Billwe need it now

we were losing our home in NJ so we moved down here to sw fl to look for work while still collecting our unemployment from Jersey. We are both in our 50s and have worked all our lives in sales that had to do with the housing market. Well, our investment property here is in the middle of the worst economic downfall of anywhere in the country. This little house went from 165k to 55k ! There are NO JOBS. We have no where to go from here. Our benefits run out in a few weeks, please please extend them.

i as well have exusted my un employment benifits and extentions...everyday iam searching for a job but beecause the one stop career center paid 4000 for me to become a truck driver...i have either find a job truck driving or forklifting because i was also certified for that..and right now no one wants a driver streight out of school i had horrible training the ower of the school is friends with someone in the office ans he was paid way b4 i recived my licence.. everything out of thier mouths is bullshit .they said if the rate remained or went up we could have countinued benifits.iam 23 yrs old and iam lucky enough to be ale to stay with my family but my heart goes out to the families that have rent or a morage ,car payments.children or babys or need day cares but cant afford it.....i really hope this country stops worrying about fixing and re building iraq when just in this state alone there is 33000 adults out of work just in nj.. obama needs to keep his word and keep the extentions comming untill the econemy starts haveing more jobs avalable..if he doesnt i can almost guarantee after his term he would never get re elected...nows the time that people need to come together instead of just worrying about yourself..i know its hard but iam a firm believer everthing happends for a reason it may be bad at the time but in the end somehow we adapt and make it through i know....i was homeless and my own biological family wouldnt help me my mother either got a place with me or stayed with her rich now husband then boyfriend..and it was horrible i had my two cats bc they would have never made it after being house cats we lived in a truck me and my ex we were constantly chased out of the woods when we were just trying to sleep..my mom and step dad live down a privite road i asked if we could park there so we wouldnt be chased away and i was told n it would upset my mother to see it first hand nice huh....i was starving and a days food if we could even get some was split between both of us we made sure our cats ate b4 we did..so i know first hand what its like to be homeless and no one wants to know you when you are..youd be suprised who would be there and who would not even answer you..all i can say is pray for the best and always expect the worse

If our unemployment rate is rising and there are no jobs available, then the logical answer is extended benefits for another 6 months. The holidays are approaching and everything effects things globally. Less people employed without money means less spending and more business going under. Unemployment benefits are important for the economical system. Also, in NJ our taxes are still rising, while our house values are decreasing monthly. How is this legal? A law should be passed that states, "taxes can not be increased if house prices decrease". In one year our taxes have increased by 3,000 and our house has decreased by 9,000. How can people survive in this state? Our family is considering leaving the country and going to Europe for his job, as NJ is becoming no longer affordable without me having an income.

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I just read this letter when I went to check the DOL and Workforce Development web site. I am on Tier I and it ends in two weeks. Does this mean that all of us on Tier I will not go into Tier II? I have tried to call my local unemployment office but the phone just rings and rings...any thoughts on this?
Thanks.

The "new direction" offered in this article seems to refer letter recipients to information on welfare entitlement programs/services: income supports, medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

The letter never mentions welfare but it appears the only recourse for people totally exhausting UEB is to apply for welfare assistance. There are no programs/services that help maintain a middle class lifestyle & standard of living.

Unemployment training programs have been available for years. The big push now is for Green Jobs "retraining" using federal stimulus funds. However, it's like a well kept secret locating specifics on training programs...or they are so poorly advertised few people are signing up to attend classes.

None of this immedialtely translates into getting bills paid. Not sure what else is out there to stave off applying for welfare. If other options aren't quickly found it may be a painful slide into another class system for unemployed middle class workers. ( Any person who must work for a living needs to review the hotly debated Health Care reform bill. It will be a critically important benefit for displaced workers losing jobs/benefits.)

It's no solace but it may help to read: "The End of Work" by Jeremy Rifkin & "The Third Wave" by Alvin Toffler ( public library can order for you free of charge) Will discover none of this is "personal" but many middle class jobs are now expendible. May help gain insight into major transitions taking place in the global world of work. Not pretty.

Not evan Ross Perot gave much detail on the devastating impact of middle class jobs leaving the country. NJ must become more creative/expansive about the future & nature of work. State officials need to read similar books, consult with forward/future thinking scholars/experts as they make plans for the work force.

JWest-Certified GCDF
Job Search Facilitator/Employment Specialist

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