The state is cutting the extra $300 per week payment as well as several other programs. It is also reinstating a work search requirement in order to receive unemployment benefits.

Thousands of D.C.-area residents have waited weeks or months to receive unemployment benefits –– if they receive them at all.

The District’s coronavirus metrics have been worsening for weeks, but officials remain hesitant to impose a full stay-at-home order.

It’s unclear when the new benefits will kick in, due to federal regulations and administrative costs.