$250 payments started going out this week to Louisiana’s front-line workers who remained on the job in the first months of the coronavirus outbreak.
Louisiana is offering $250 one-time payments, financed with federal relief aid, to as many as 200,000 people who meet eligibility requirements set by state lawmakers. Approved applicants will receive payment through a check or direct deposit into a bank account. More than 205,000 people have applied, but not all meet the eligible job categories.
The agency is urging people to continue registering for the one-time payment at frontlineworkers.la.gov until the application period closes Oct. 31. The payments are available to workers with an adjusted gross income of $50,000 or less and who had to report to a job outside of their home for at least 200 hours from March 22 through May 14. They have to hold one of a list of jobs considered essential critical infrastructure.
