Coverage of aging is supported in part by AARP ArizonaIn 2020, Arizona launched what officials are calling the first in the nation reimbursement program for caregivers. It was extended to last through 2024, with $1 million available to reimburse eligible applicants.
It’s been nearly a year since an employee of a Green Valley adult care facility was found partially clothed in the room of a resident with dementia, and a pretrial
Confusion over extension of unemployment benefits in Arizona continues
12 News has received a barrage of comments from viewers who say they can’t get their federal unemployment benefits extended. Author: Joe Dana Updated: 6:46 PM MST March 31, 2021
ARIZONA, USA 12 News has received a barrage of comments from viewers who say they can’t get their federal unemployment benefits extended. Many viewers also say the state is giving them contradicting reasons for why.
“Every time I call DES, I get a different explanation,” said 36-year-old Kasey Guerra, who was laid off a year ago from her job as an office manager at a Valley medical clinic.
On Jan. 17, the Arizona Department of Economic Security reported 17,993 unemployment insurance initial claims or first-time claims the next week, the state reported 48,361 initial claims. Two weeks later, the state reported 79,598 initial claims as businesses and employees across the Valley began to report unemployment fraud.
Businesses and employees in the East Valley were experiencing the same problem employers had received correspondence from the DES that their employees and in some cases, people that had never worked for the company had filed for unemployment insurance. In the case of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Terri Kimble said she not only got notice for her employees but for two other people who had never been employed with the chamber.