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Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 25, 2020

State officials today announced that the state’s application for a federal grant program was accepted and Tennesseans facing unemployment will soon start receiving an extra $300 weekly benefit, the Tennessean reports. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development received approximately $236 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday afternoon, which will provide $300 weekly benefit payments to eligible jobless Tennesseans for the first three weeks of August. Department commissioner Jeff McCord said the extra benefit will be available this week or early next week, but cautioned that the funds will terminate when the $44 billion in FEMA funds allocated to the grant runs out. After that, McCord says Tennesseans will have to “wait and see” if it’s possible to get another allotment.