What is the FED-ED extension?
The Federal-State Extended Duration Benefits (FED-ED extension) is a program that provides additional UI benefits to individuals who are unemployed and have collected all of their available UI benefits. The program begins once the State’s unemployment rate reaches a certain percentage according to State and Federal law. Once the State’s unemployment rate drops below a certain percentage the program will end. No FED-ED extended benefit payments can be made for weeks of unemployment that begin after the FED-ED program has ended.