Jobseeker's Benefit and work. Self-employed and unemployment. Signing off when you start work. Conditions for getting a jobseeker's payment. Employment services for jobseekers. Information for younger jobseekers. Jobseeker's Benefit Self-Employed. Jobseeker's Transitional payment. Older people and jobseeker's payments. Professional artists on Jobseekers Allowance. They can either provide financial assistance or refer you to local community organizations. You can also find out how and where to apply.
Using the Benefit Finder , answer questions about yourself and your needs. Check back with Benefits. You can report major life events or see if new benefit programs have become available. Find government and local disability programs including housing, jobs, education, and health care.
If you need help with your benefits, you can review these top questions about Social Security. Learn about veterans benefits such as burial, education, health, and housing. There are a variety of benefit and aid programs to help you if you lose your job. It can help with unemployment insurance benefits, job training, and finding a job. Unemployment insurance programs pay you money if you lose your job through no fault of your own.
You must meet your state's eligibility requirements. Each state runs its own program. Select your state from this map to find out how to apply. You may be able to file online, by phone, or in person. Some states provide extended benefits when there's high unemployment. Extended unemployment insurance benefits last for 13 weeks.
You can apply for extended benefits only once you've run out of regular benefits. Check with your state; not everyone qualifies. You must report unemployment benefits as income on your tax return. Federal agencies offer many unemployment education and training programs. They are generally free or low cost to the unemployed. You can file an SSDI application online. Medical considerations. The Social Security Administration and the Unemployment office can and will share information when they determine eligibility.
Examples of situations where it might make sense to file both claims include:. Must you have worked in the past? You might be able to receive a deferral if you cannot work. Some children, husbands, wives, or disabled widows do not need to have worked in the past to collect SSDI. For SSI recipients, however, there are important considerations.
SSI will consider unemployment benefits to be unearned income. This means that your SSI benefit will be reduced by one dollar for every dollar you receive in unearned income.
As with welfare, SSI recipients are required by law to apply for any other benefit for which they might be eligible. If there is any question about your ability to work, you may also be required to file an application for unemployment benefits. GA benefits are temporary and for people who are planning to return to work or are unable to work.
When you apply for GA, you must sign a contract with the State of New Jersey, in which you agree to repay the benefits if your SSI application is approved. These benefits will be repaid once your SSI benefits begin. The SSA will send your retroactive benefit check directly to the State. The State will then take the amount of benefits paid to you and send you any remaining SSI funds.
The State can only take the amount of GA benefits that was paid during the time that you were also entitled to SSI benefits. GA may try to collect reimbursement directly from you, since the same contract was signed and remains in effect.
If you are no longer income-eligible, you may be terminated from GA. This will usually mean that your household income will substantially increase. This may make you and your family no longer eligible to receive TANF. It is also important to know that Medicare coverage is different from Medicaid coverage. For more information on the differences between the two programs, go to Health Care.
It is also very important to speak with your caseworker to make sure that your children are enrolled in NJ FamilyCare for continued coverage and to determine if you would also be eligible. NJ FamilyCare provides free or low-cost health care coverage to certain children and low-income parents who would otherwise be uninsured. More information is available by calling or on their website. If you have other questions, or are concerned that you are going to lose your health care coverage, you can call the Health Care Access Project at Legal Services of New Jersey by contacting the number at the end of this article.
If you, or another family member, have become eligible for SSDI, it is important to contact the New Jersey Work First office for redetermination purposes. If you recently lost a job, and have very low income and few resources, you may qualify for both unemployment and welfare benefits. Both unemployment and welfare require you to look for work.
Welfare can grant a deferral from the work requirement as explained earlier if you are unable to work, but the unemployment agency will deny your claim if you are unable to work. The exception to this is if you became disabled after becoming eligible for unemployment, or if you were disabled due to an illness or injury not caused by your job see the unemployment section above.
This page location is:. Toggle navigation. Government Aid and Services. What are the basic eligibility requirements for UI? If you have questions about whether your job is covered, call the Unemployment Insurance Division at one of the call centers listed below.
Check the blue pages of your local phone book or contact one of the call centers below to find your local office. Actively seek employment and periodically report job search efforts unless you are attending a full-time training program approved in advance by the Department. Be available for work and willing to accept a suitable job offer unless you are in an approved training program.
Have lost your job through no fault of your own, or for minor offenses that would not be considered gross or "severe" misconduct. Voluntarily quitting a job without good cause will disqualify you from receiving benefits.
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