Oklahoma
Oklahoma was approved on Aug. 18 to join the LWA program. Its residence will receive an extra $300 a week. “I am thankful for the teams at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management for working effectively with FEMA to ensure our application quickly received a stamp of approval,” said Gov. Stitt. “I look forward to working with OESC to make sure the additional $300 in weekly benefits are distributed efficiently and on target to help Oklahomans as they continue working to find secure employment.”
“While many other states are estimating implementation to take up to 10 weeks, we are anticipating implementation within our system in four to five weeks,” Shelley Zumwalt, interim executive director of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, said in a statement.
