HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) - To date, more than 5,000 residents who've been unemployed “long-term” have submitted applications for the state's Back to Work CT program, hoping to receive a $1,000 incentive payment after finding and keeping a job.
In May, the governor allocated up to $10 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds for the initiative to provide one-time bonuses to as many as 10,000 people. As of Wednesday, the Department of Revenue Services had received 5,199 applications. The program, which began on May 30 and runs through the end of the year, is intended to encourage the long-time unemployed to find work.
A spokesman for DRS said the response to the program so far has been very positive.
Eligible applicants must spend at least eight weeks in their new full-time job between May 30 and Dec. 31 as well as meet other requirements.