Job Loss Grant For Union Plus Personal Loan Program

Union Plus Job Loss Grant Can Help If You're Laid Off

Benefit Description

$300 payment to Union Plus Personal Loan-holders who have been laid off and meet the requirements below.

Requirements

1. You must be a Union Plus Personal Loan-holder in good standing at the time the job loss occurred.
2. You must complete the required application and provide documentation that you, a Union Plus Personal Loan-holder, have been continuously unemployed due to an involuntary job loss or layoff (other than a strike or lockout) for at least 90 consecutive days within the 12-month period prior to the date you submit an application.
3. The job loss must have occurred at least six (6) months after you became a Union Plus Personal Loan-holder.
4. You may only receive one Job Loss Grant for any one Union Plus Personal Loan account.

How to Apply

• Collect and copy the required documentation:
  • Proof of the date of your job loss, showing it occurred within the last twelve months prior to your date of application.
  • Your latest unemployment insurance statement(s) which must show 90 days of continuous unemployment
• Complete the online application form. 
• Print your confirmation email, sign and mail all required documentation to:
  
  Union Plus Job Loss Grant
  1100 First Street, NE, Suite 850
  Washington, DC 20002
   
• Please allow 6-8 weeks for application processing.  You will be notified by mail when your application has been approved or denied.
• If approved for the grant, payment will be made directly to you.
• If you choose, you may also scan and email your documents to grants@unionplus.org or fax them to our secure fax line at 866-481-5568. However, please be sure to include the application with the documentation. Cellphone photos of documents are discouraged.

Questions

Please visit our Union Plus Grants FAQ.Please send additional questions to grants@unionplus.org.