• Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) – Congress moved the phase out to the end of February 2012.
  
  
• Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) – Ended January 14^th. No EB benefits can be paid for weeks after January 14^th. For information on other community and financial resources see Financial Help and Community Services

How do these changes affect my benefits?

• Most applicants who exhaust Regular UI benefits, Tier 1 EUC or Tier 2 EUC will be able to move to the next tier of benefits.
• Because the EB program has ended, applicants who exhaust EUC Tier 3 after the week of January 1^st, will not be eligible for the EB program.
• No EB benefits can be paid to any applicant for weeks after the week of January 8^th, 2012.

What else do I need to know?

• Eligibility for unemployment benefits is determined by law.
• We automatically check your eligibility for all available Unemployment Insurance programs in Minnesota.
• The availability of Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) is controlled by the state’s unemployment rate. When the unemployment rate in Minnesota dropped below 6.5%, EB must automatically trigger off.
• A balance may remain on your EB account when the program triggers off. The balance cannot be used for weeks after January 14^th, 2012. The balance is available only for internal accounting purposes.
• Access your UI Benefit Account online to verify your address is up to date so we can notify you of any changes.
• This can be very complicated. If you are unsure of how this will affect you, please call.

For information on community and financial resources see Financial Help and Community Services.