HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration announced Thursday that it has organized an outreach effort to help more than 12,000 long-term jobless workers receive an array of social services after losing extended unemployment insurance benefits.
The announcement came less than an hour after the state Department of Labor said the unemployment rate remained stuck at 7.7 percent in April.
Connecticut's unemployment rate has dropped from a high of 9.4 percent in December 2010. The falling unemployment rate — while welcome as the state and the rest of the U.S. climb out of the Great Recession — has prompted federal officials to cut extended benefits put in place during the downturn. As a result, individuals who might have expected 99 weeks of unemployment are now eligible for 73 weeks.
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