Compounding the trauma of finding oneself without a job, many seeking to collect unemployment benefits are encountering difficulties.

Have you been unable to reach anyone in the state unemployment office? Are your unemployment checks being delayed or not arriving at all? What obstacles have you faced trying to receive your benefits?

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These links can be helpful when trying to claim your unemployment benefits and in finding a job:

Employment Development Department

Online: www.edd.ca.gov/

Applying For Unemployment: www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Filing_a_Claim.htm

Claim Forms: www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Forms_and_Publications.htm

FAQs: www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/FAQs.htm

Specific Questions? Ask EDD: https://eapply4ui.edd.ca.gov/eddcomm/asp/frmEDDCOMM.aspx

Contacting EDD: www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Contact_UI.htm

If The EDD Cannot Help

Contacting Your State Representatives: www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.htp

Write Your U.S. Representative: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

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