DEO regular benefits continue after Dec 26th, but will federal extension happen?

Your girlfriend is confusing regular state benefits with federal extensions. The December 26th, 2025 date is when the current federal extension program is scheduled to end (unless Congress passes another extension). Your regular Florida DEO benefits will continue until you exhaust your balance or reach your benefit year end date (which is 12 months from when you applied). The maximum is 12 weeks of regular benefits in Florida currently.

the dec 26 cutoff is only for the extra federal $150 weekly supplement, your regular fl benefits keep going til ur account hits $0 or you use up all ur weeks

Everyone here is partially right, but there are some important details. The December 26th cutoff affects three things: 1. The federal $150 weekly supplement 2. Extended Benefits (EB) program for people who exhausted regular UI 3. Mixed Earner benefits for self-employed who also had W2 income Your regular Florida unemployment (called Reemployment Assistance) will continue as normal. However, remember that Florida only provides up to 12 weeks of regular benefits, and you must continue to claim your weeks and complete 5 work search activities each week. Log into CONNECT every two weeks to claim on schedule or you'll lose those weeks permanently.

THIS IS TYPICAL DEO NONSENSE!!! They NEVER communicate anything clearly and leave us all confused and panicking every time a deadline approaches!!! I spent 2 HOURS trying to get through to someone last month to ask this EXACT question and of course no one picked up. The website has zero information about the Dec 26 cutoff. How are we supposed to budget when we don't know what's happening???

I hope they extend the federal supplement. My sister's benefits are expiring in January (she'll hit her 12 weeks), and without the extension she'll have nothing. Does anyone know if they're even discussing another extension in Congress? I haven't seen anything in the news.

i got so confused with the whole thing i just gave up and got a part time job lol. still get partial unemployment but at least i know that money is coming in. the stress of wondering if benefits would stop was too much

Just to add some clarification based on the conversation: if you're receiving regular Florida Reemployment Assistance (not one of the federal programs), your benefits will continue until either: 1. You exhaust your maximum benefit amount ($4,700 in your case) 2. You reach your maximum weeks (12 weeks in Florida) 3. You reach your benefit year end date (BYE) Whichever comes first. The federal supplement ending won't affect your base amount. If you divide $4,700 by your weekly benefit amount, that tells you how many weeks you have left (assuming you're getting the full weekly amount each time).

I was in adjudication for 8 weeks earlier this year over a job separation issue and finally got approved last month. I've been so focused on just getting paid that I haven't even thought about when it all might end! Does anyone know if time spent in adjudication counts against your 12 weeks? I was unemployed that whole time but not receiving benefits.

Thanks everybody for clearing this up! Feeling much better now understanding that my regular benefits continue. One last question - do I need to do anything special when Dec 26 comes? Like re-apply or fill out different forms in CONNECT? Or does everything just continue automatically?