How many of you Chicago posters here are Unemployed? (Harvard: middle-class, daycare)

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by long101

And what is Unemployment benefits, 75% of your prior years salary (I feel dumb not knowing this ). 2 years cmon, why do I think there are way to many people milking this system

I think the cap is $275 a week. Not sure if that's the national standard but that was the max benefit in Florida.

[Thepreacherswife]

Originally Posted by long101

And what is Unemployment benefits, 75% of your prior years salary (I feel dumb not knowing this ).

In Illinois it's 47% up to a maximum payment of $385 per week (you can get more if you have a non-working spouse or a child)

http://www.ides.state.il.us/pdf/benefits/wba.pdf

Originally Posted by long101

2 years cmon, why do I think there are way to many people milking this system

Sure, there's always bound to be somebody gaming the system. But I know plenty of folks in the professional world who have been out of work for 9 months and a couple who have gone over a year. The jobs just aren't there. The most you can get even with spouse or child is $534 a week, less than $28k a year, so if you're in Chicago that ain't a whole hell of a lot. If you were pulling in 80k and then laid off, things are going to suck considerably until you get a new gig.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Thepreacherswife

In Illinois it's 47% up to a maximum payment of $385 per week (you can get more if you have a non-working spouse or a child)

http://www.ides.state.il.us/pdf/benefits/wba.pdf

...

Plus-

"Provides a weekly supplement of $25 for weeks you are paid benefits."

http://www.ides.state.il.us/pdf/ui/fac.pdf

[Venom]

Man, I'm just looking for any job.
Factories, Restuarants, Stores, etc.

I've applied at many places... Only gotten an interview at one place.


It's making me depressed... seriously.

[Thepreacherswife]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Plus-

"Provides a weekly supplement of $25 for weeks you are paid benefits."

http://www.ides.state.il.us/pdf/ui/fac.pdf

The supplement is part of the federal stimulus package.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Thepreacherswife

The supplement is part of the federal stimulus package.

Yes it is. But it is part of the amount someone can get on unemployment right now.

[Thepreacherswife]

Speaking of which, yahoo! I get to certify tomorrow so that I can just barely pay the mortgage.

[Avengerfire]

^ Sucks to hear. I know a number of people personally that are out of work. Do not forget to apply for food stamps. It can save you a few hundred a month. ^

[surlycue]

You have to be uber broke to qualify for food stamps now. The state reconfigured the numbers recently and bumped a bunch of people out of the system. I know because I was turned down for benefits Friday after waiting at the office for 6 hours and having to pay $80 for childcare. FML. We are getting by without the food stamps but have basically given up those fruit and vegetable things.

[Avengerfire]

This is the table to qualify:

Household Size-----1------- 2-------3-------4------5----6-----7-----8-----9-----10
Gross Income Limit $1,174 $1,579 $1,984 $2,389 $2,794 $3,200 $3,605 $4,010 $4,416 $4,822

DHS: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP