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Yes, if you recently lost a job, and have very low income and few resources, you may qualify for both unemployment and welfare benefits. If you are approved for unemployment, welfare will count the unemployment benefits as "unearned" income, and the benefit will count against your welfare benefits.

Both unemployment and welfare require you to look for work. Welfare can grant a deferral from the work requirement if you are unable to work, but the unemployment agency will deny your claim if you are unable to work. The exception to this is if you became disabled after becoming eligible for unemployment, or if you were disabled due to an illness or injury not caused by your job

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Yes, if you qualify under each program. Both Social Security and the State of California allow workers to collect unemployment compensation and Social Security benefits at the same time without applying an offset or penalty to either check.

Bear in mind that you have to be actively looking for, and willing to accept, a full-time job, per your unemployment agreement. You can collect retirement benefits as early as age 62, but you can't actually retire while you're also accepting unemployment compensation.

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NO. You can't collect both state disability and unemployment at the same time in CA. Look at the eligibility requirements for SDI.

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No, we cannot

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