RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Even though Congress approved funding for additional unemployment benefits last month, Jenni Propst said weeks later she hasn’t received any of the money.
Out of work from her job as a stagehand since March, Propst was relieved when Congress reached a deal on a new stimulus package. Her benefits had run owut in early December.
However, since then she’s received nothing.
“I don’t know how I’m going to pay my mortgage every month anymore. The reality is the bills and expenses keep coming, but there’s no way to pay them,” she said.
As part of the latest stimulus package, Congress approved extensions of two benefits programs tied to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as $300 weekly payments through March 13.
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