In March 2020, federal law passed the CARES Act and created an emergency unemployment benefits program called Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). In the State of Nevada, PUA benefits are approved and distributed through the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).

We are claimants who have applied for PUA benefits through DETR and have been found eligible to receive PUA benefits by DETR. We have been waiting several months to receive payment for our PUA benefits from DETR. As a result of DETR's failure to pay our claims, we have been experiencing severe financial hardship that is negatively affecting our livelihood; including shelter, food, childcare, health, transportation, safety, etc. We NEED immediate payment on our claims from DETR. We are suffering terribly due to DETR’s poor practices and policies related to payment of CARES Act benefits. 

The conduct of DETR constitutes a taking of property without due process - see California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java, 402 U.S. 121 (1971). We will not accept the failure of DETR to get eligible claimants federally mandated benefits in a prompt fashion. 

We are eligible claimants demanding that DETR pay our PUA benefits immediately!