The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Project is a law school pro bono project that recruits and trains volunteer law students to give free legal assistance to unemployed workers in Southeast Michigan seeking UI benefits. With average UI benefits at $300 a week and long-term unemployment high in Michigan, a regular state UI claim of the average 26-week duration represents $7,800 for a jobless individual and his or her family. Currently, with up to 79 weeks of UI available in Michigan, a denied claim represents a potential $23,700 in lost income for that individual and his or her family—income that can save a home and be recycled in the community through spending on necessities. By helping jobless workers obtain UI benefits, the MUIP seeks to put vital resources back into Michigan communities.
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Community
- AFL-CIO
- Alliance for Immigrants Rights & Reform Michigan (AIR)
- Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)
- Asian Indian Women's Association
- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI)
- Freedom House
- Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice
- Justice for Our Neighbors
- Michigan Asian Indian Family Services
- Michigan Peaceworks: Immigrant Rights
- Michigan Unemployment Insurance Project
- ONE Michigan
- Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-MI)
- United Auto Workers
- United Steelworkers
- Washtenaw County Workers Center
- Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR)
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