NELP says jobless Nevadans will lose benefits if Congress doesn’t act to extend Unemployment Benefits

Up to 20,000 jobless Nevadans could soon lose their benefits if Congress fails to act,The National Employment Law Project says states will be forced by law to begin notifying jobless workers this week of the end of their weekly checks in March. The law project estimates 6,681 Nevadans will exhaust their benefits without additional extensions by Congress.Bill Anderson, chief economist for the state’s division, is predicting the job market “will likely worsen in the months ahead.”

Thousands of Nevadans who have either exhausted their unemployment benefits or are in danger of doing so are about to get some relief.

Money to fund the unemployment extension benefits has arrived in Nevada and will start being distributed on Saturday. State workers were on the job until 2 a.m. Thursday processing the money so it can be distributed.

"Some of these people have exhausted all of their benefits and they were not eligible for anything more. For some, it’s been weeks, perhaps months, since they saw any type of benefits come through," said Mae Worthey, Dept. of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation.