Eligible DC Residents To Receive One-Time Stimulus Check

WASHINGTON, DC — District residents hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic are getting a reprieve from the D.C. Department of Employment Services in the form of a one-time stimulus check.

Approximately 20,000 D.C. residents who filed and were deemed eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) as of Nov. 30 will receive a one-time direct payment of $1,200. The PUA payments, which will be issued in the coming weeks, cover individuals not eligible for traditional unemployment insurance.

"The District is committed to using every resource at our disposal to provide support to residents who have been hardest hit by the pandemic," Mayor Muriel Bowser said, in a release. "With federal assistance getting ready to end later this month, and as the public health and economic crises continue, this stimulus payment is one way we can get immediate and much-needed relief to more than 20,000 Washingtonians. But we also know that short-term relief is not enough. We urge our federal partners to pass legislation that recognizes the needs of millions of Americans who have made tremendous sacrifices and who are struggling to get by through no fault of their own."

The D.C. Government is providing the payments to PUA recipients whose federally funded benefits are due to expire at the end of December. The stimulus payments will be taxed, locally and federally, and will be dispersed however the recipients are currently receiving benefits.

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