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Committee hears update on pandemic unemployment assistance; fraud and fund longevity flagged
Summary
DWS reported 93,621 PUA applications with about 43,000 approved and roughly 16,000 in process; legislators raised fraud concerns and asked DHS to consider reinstating verification steps such as a waiting week or in-person ID checks.
Charice Childers, director of the Division of Workforce Services, briefed the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on the state’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) implementation under the CARES Act. "Since going live on PUA on May 1, we have received about 93,621 applications. We have about 43,000 that are approved," she told lawmakers.
Childers said roughly 16,000 applications remained in process because of incomplete applications or the need for additional documentation; another group of applicants were referred to regular unemployment insurance because they still had…
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