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Staff

Tonya Love, Program Director
202-974-8159
fax: 202-974-8152
[email protected]

Lolita Martin, Attorney
202-974-8149
[email protected]

ABOUT THE CLAIMANT ADVOCACY PROGRAM

The Claimant Advocacy Program (CAP) is a free legal counseling service available to individuals who file unemployment compensation appeals in the District of Columbia. CAP attorneys meet with workers denied unemployment compensation in D.C. or whose benefit awards have been appealed by the employer. If the case is accepted, the CAP attorney appears at the hearing as the worker’s legal representative.
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     Representation is made on a case-by-case basis based on the facts of each appeals claim. However, all claimants can receive free legal counseling. 

Federal UI benefits update

On September 4, 2021, in accordance with federal law, several federal unemployment benefits offered through the American Rescue Plan Act ended. If you received one of the following benefits, this notice is important for you.The following benefits expired:

• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
• Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
• Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)
• Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC)
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Please read the descriptions of expired federal unemployment benefits or view the End of Benefits FAQs to learn more about the conclusion of these programs.

Reporting Unemployment Insurance Fraud

ESPANOL

El programa de asesoramiento y abogacía por los derechos del trabajador— Claimant Advocacy Program (CAP) proporciona servicios legales gratuitos a quien ha recibido notificación de una audiencia de apelación en un caso de indemnización por desempleo-unemployment compensation- en el Distrito de Columbia. Los abogados de CAP no garantizan representación legal en su audiencia de apelación. Solo después de estudiar los detalles particulares del caso se toma decisión acerca de la representación legal. En todos los casos, los servicios de asesoramiento y abogacía del CAP son completamente gratuitos. 

FROM THE CAP FILES

Stories drawn from real case histories handled by CAP attorneys. 

THE CASE OF THE TARDY VETERINARY ASSISTANT 
THE CASE OF THE POSTAL WORKER WHO DIDN'T OWE
THE CASE OF THE MISSING EVIDENCE
THE CASE OF THE NECESSARY LEAVE
THE CASE OF THE DEFENSIVE WORKER
THE CASE OF THE MISSING NOTE
THE CASE OF THE MISSING RULES
THE CASE OF THE UNINTENTIONALLY ABSENT WORKER
THE CASE OF THE ENGINEER WHO WORKED LATE
THE CASE OF THE NANNY'S SEPARATION ANXIETY

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