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soniaThe US Federal CARES act extended unemployment benefits to cover self-employed folks. I am astonished and thrilled. I am SO PLEASED with Oregon's Congressional representatives!
Earl Blumenauer's COVID-19 economic stabilization resources. Nationally applicable info.
ETA: Collecting Unemployment When You're Self-Employed by Alison Doyle. General info on benefits available to self-employed folks, including a COVID-19-related tax credit.
Oregon online claim system
Do watch the linked training video, I sure wish it had been up when I was applying on Saturday evening.
An additional video that says, "Please don't call us, we're swamped, we'll do our best to fix your application if you did it wrong." So hopefully they'll appropriately interpret my application, or at least get in touch with me about it and let me fix my answers.
Claimant Handbook. It gave me this link AFTER I completed my application...
Earl Blumenauer's COVID-19 economic stabilization resources. Nationally applicable info.
ETA: Collecting Unemployment When You're Self-Employed by Alison Doyle. General info on benefits available to self-employed folks, including a COVID-19-related tax credit.
Oregon online claim system
Do watch the linked training video, I sure wish it had been up when I was applying on Saturday evening.
An additional video that says, "Please don't call us, we're swamped, we'll do our best to fix your application if you did it wrong." So hopefully they'll appropriately interpret my application, or at least get in touch with me about it and let me fix my answers.
Claimant Handbook. It gave me this link AFTER I completed my application...
