Frontline Worker Program now closed

The Frontline Worker Pay Program has now closed. More than one million Frontline Worker Pay applicants were approved to receive a payment of $487.45 and payments have been distributed. Applicants chose whether to receive payment by ACH direct deposit or a prepaid debit card (ReliaCard).

Further information

· For information about the program, payment FAQs and other resources, visit dli.mn.gov/toolkit.

· For help with ACH direct deposit payments, contact your bank.

· For help with ReliaCard prepaid debit card payments, contact U.S. Bank at 855-282-6161 or usbankreliacard.com.

About Frontline Worker Pay

· To thank those Minnesotans who worked on the frontlines during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, Gov. Tim Walz signed Frontline Worker Payments into law April 29, 2022, enabling those workers to apply for Frontline Worker Pay.

· The Frontline Worker Pay application was open for 45 days, June 8 through July 22, 2022.

· Applicants whose application was denied, could appeal the decision during a 15-day appeal period, Aug. 16 through 31, 2022. Appeal forms were online forms that must have been successfully submitted to appeal a denial decision. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry's decision on an appeal is final.

· The $500 million dedicated to Frontline Worker Pay has been divided among the final eligible applicants and payments have been distributed.