I applied for state disability last month as I was having a baby. Since then I have not heard anything back from EDD outside of a “notice of computation” and that was well over 5 weeks ago; no notice of pay, no denial, nothing. My claim is under “active claims” and not “pending claims”. I have had no luck calling EDD and very lost at this point as my “pregnancy disability leave window” is pretty much halfway done. Is it still worth calling? Should I just file for paid Family leave? Help.

Yes that and they also need to verify that the recipient is also real. In my case, it looks like it’s just me and not my MD

This is what EDD posted the new changes; Purported medical providers must complete further identity verification with ID.me to potentially certify any disability claims. These personalized requests for medical provider verification through ID.me only come from an official EDD email address ending in @edd.ca.gov. Medical providers who receive emails with information about how to verify identity through ID.me should carefully confirm the sender’s @edd.ca.gov email address. Scammers attempt to impersonate government agencies in an attempt to trick people into clicking fake links. Such scam efforts are unfortunately common and slow verification and payment for legitimate claimants and providers.

I called them yesterday using Claimyr and got thru. They told me they had just sent out a form to me (usps) to verify i was really me. I believe the hold up really has to do with the recent EDD fraud bust. I read an article yesterday that stated a lot of disability and unemployment pays and claims we’re placed on hold as of 12/21/21 due to fraud concerns.