MONTPELIER — Last week the Vermont Department of Labor distributed $21.6 million to 25,675 claimants through the Lost Wage Assistance (LWA) program. Paper checks were mailed directly to claimants who certified their employment had been impacted by COVID-19 for the weeks ending Aug. 1, Aug. 8, and Aug. 15, 2020. “Since receiving funding for this program, our team has been hard at work developing and implementing necessary requirements to issuethissupplementalbenefitpayment to Vermonters as expeditiously as p … (read more)
