The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce has launched the next benefits program in the federal coronavirus stimulus package.
DEW says the third program is called Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) and provides 13 additional weeks of state unemployment insurance benefits after the 20 weeks provided by South Carolina law have expired.
You could still be eligible for benefits if you:
have exhausted all regular unemployment insurance benefit payments
had a benefit year end after July 1, 2019, but have not qualified for a new benefit year
are able and available for work and are actively seeking work
are not eligible for unemployment benefits under any other state or federal program
People who have already exhausted their benefits were notified by DEW that they are now able to apply for the additional weeks offered through the PEUC.