It is a Federal program. Unless they changed the rules, they don't go off of how much $$ you have, they just go off if you were fired and was it just cause or were you laid off. Rules may have changed though as I remember reading about a lady in Michigan who won the lottery and was still getting unemployment. I thought of this today with the larry Drew firing. The max a month I think you can get is $1,300 or so. Even if they don't get it, I wonder if they apply. Afterall, it is free $$.