Thousands of Americans still have TWO weeks left to apply for direct payments of up to $750. Do you qualify?
The time is running out for Americans to receive up to $750 in payments.
Minnesota Governor Walz signed a $500 million direct payments agreement on April 30 to send out these payments.
It was estimated that eligible frontline workers would receive bonuses worth $750.
In order to qualify for the checks, employees must have worked 120 hours between March 15, 2020, and June 30, 2021.
Who is eligible for these Payments?
The following group of workers are eligible:
1. Health care2. Long-term care and home care3. Emergency responders like the ambulance etc4. Courts and correction5. Public health, social service, and regulatory service
6. Child care 7. Schools: charter, state and higher education 8. Food service: production, processing, preparation, sale and delivery
9. The retail industry includes sales, fulfillment, distribution, and delivery10. Hotels and temporary shelter11. Maintenance, janitorial, and security services for building
12. Public transportation13. Services related to ground and air transportation14. The manufacturing industry15. Rehabilitation for vocational purpose
It is also necessary that you have not received any unemployment benefits for more than 20 weeks.
You can apply for these rewards starting from June 8 and the application will remain open until Friday, July 22.
You can apply online if you worked during the peak of the pandemic.
It is possible that the cash reward may be a little less than $750 as the number of applications increases to over 900000.