Like the title says, I was fired at 5 months pregnant from a local company. I was the marketing manager and the reason they gave was a decrease in sales over last year. I filed my unemployment claim immediately but then fell depressed and didn’t see the email notification that said my claim had been denied. I made an appeal one day too late. They granted the hearing anyway and that happened last week. I just got the decision and they upheld the denial because of the untimely appeal filing.
I’m now 7 months pregnant and the baby will be here in about 10 weeks. I haven’t had a single good lead on finding new employment but even if I did get a new job I probably wouldn’t qualify for maternity leave at this point, right? Because of my annual income to date I don’t qualify for Medicare/Medicaid so my insurance premium through marketplace is $600/month on top of my other bills…
Are there other options for assistance that I could apply for? I feel like I’m drowning.