Effingham County Case Manager Services Available at Effingham Library

Effingham County Case Manager is available Monday through Thursday, 9 to 1 p.m. at Effingham Public Library, 200 N. Third, Suite 2 to assist those filing for unemployment, needing help finding stimulus payments or needing other social services.

On September 1, FEMA approved the state of Illinois’ application for FEMA funding from the Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program. This means that those people who lost work due to COVID-19 and who receive $100 or more of unemployment benefits will be retroactively paid an additional $300 per week for weeks ending 8/1, 8/8 and 8/15.

The extra $300 payments to people receiving regular unemployment started the week of September 6.  Payments to people on the PUA (self employment unemployment) program will start this week.

While the States are guaranteed at least three weeks of funding, the length of the program is unknown at this time. The presidential memorandum states that the program will end when

• FEMA runs out of the money set aside for this program; or
• Congress passes, and the President signs, legislation to replace this program; or
• We reach December 27, 2020

Effingham County Case Managers are available Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Effingham Public Library, 200 N. Third, Suite 2 (basement). They are also available at locations throughout Effingham County. Find their outreach schedule at http://www.effinghamlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Master-List1.pdf

To contact the Effingham County Case Manager, email effcocasemanager@gmail.com or call (224) 209-6638.

The Effingham County Case Manager is a temporary position funded by the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation through the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations and the United Way of Illinois.