This benefit is available for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date on which your state entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor and ending with weeks of unemployment ending on or before July 31, 2020. I run a nonprofit organization and am a reimbursing employer under my state’s unemployment insurance program. Most states no longer use paper checks to make unemployment benefit payments. However, you should check your state's policies. Oregon, for example, always issues the first payment via a paper check, and then switches to a debit card or direct deposit. As a result, Oregon residents have to wait for the post office to deliver their first check.