> any money (including the first stimulus) for literally months
I got mine almost immediately. What is the difference between me and your brother, I don't understand.
I got mine almost immediately. What is the difference between me and your brother, I don't understand.
The letter stated that she needed to provide proof of her social security number.
She has tried to do that for four months now. She has called them, written them snail mail letters along with proof that they have the wrong social security number, and numerous faxes. They keep telling her that the ID fraud department will eventually reach out to her. It has not happened yet after all this time. We have even reached out to the California Governor's office for help. Nothing has worked.
If she did not currently live with me and have me financially support her through all of this, she would be broke and possibly homeless.
The EDD (California) did process millions of applications (or so they claim), but more than a million are still outstanding.
The problem seems to me to be in their mission objective: they view every applicant first and foremost as a potential "wellfare queen" and attempt to prove that as a fact (17 years ago, in the aftermath of the Internet bubble burst, I lost my job as well, applied for unemployment insurance benefit and the phone interview I went though was as bizarre as unpleasant -- I didn't get to the phone interview this time 'round).
I wished they would rather operate like the IRS: after preliminary, automated checks using tax records (was the person employed by employer as claimed, is that person now employed?) hand out the money and perform selective, random in-depth audits asynchronously.
this doesn't apply to 'stimulus check' in question. They sent it to everyone immediately based on tax returns.
exactly. CA state unemployment system doesn't have any of these issues because they always vote blue and fund their govt systems.