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• $995 million in non-fraud overpayments in the traditional unemployment system. • $4.8 billion in non-fraud PUA overpayments. ODJFS has instituted a series of anti-fraud measures and is collaborating with financial institutions and law enforcement to recover overpaid amounts. To date, the following recoveries have been reported to
Aug 22, 2023 · August 22, 2023. COLUMBUS, OHIO – Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder today provided a quarterly update on unemployment overpayments. The overpayments are attributable to both fraudulent and non-fraudulent activity in both the traditional unemployment and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) programs.
addition, an estimated 155,453 PUA claimants who had balances on their accounts of up to 7 weeks can again be paid, provided they have no other issues holding their claims. Eligible individuals also will receive the $300 FPUC payments. ODJFS is currently paying unemployment benefits to more than 245,000 Ohioans. This includes
Jan 30, 2024 · ODJFS paid $7.6 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits and received 2.7 million claims for PUA, focusing on the claims that were “most likely to be legitimate,” ODJFS Public Information Officer Tom Betti said in an email. However, the department later identified millions of those dollars that they say were dispersed as fraud.
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Jan 7, 2021 · Officials at ODJFS said they expect to have the PUA system back up and running by the third week of January for those who previously were approved to receive up to 39 weeks of the PUA benefits.
Aug 12, 2021 · For traditional unemployment insurance, individuals who are overpaid and cannot afford to pay back the money are eligible to apply for a waiver. Congress added the ability to forgive PUA overpayments in the CARES act extension in December 2020. But ODJFS didn’t mention anything about waivers in their letters asking for back payment.
