Unemployment Money Not Reaching Millions Of People Who Applied
Nearly 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in recent weeks, but a large portion have yet to receive any money. Freelancers and gig workers face some of the longest delays.
About 17 million people have applied for unemployment benefits in the U.S. in recent weeks. It's an astonishing number that's nearly 10 times what the system has ever handled so quickly.
But, by one estimate, that money is still not flowing to about half of those people who desperately need it. And others are only getting a trickle of what they should be receiving.
Many people have been out of a job for a month now. That's a long time to be without your income in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's really intense and it's really frightening," in Roanoke, Va. She's a single mom with a 2-year-old daughter.
