I'm not sure how it works Bucky. The unemployment is State and I heard the extension is coming from the Feds. Her unemployment goes to direct deposit, so I never see the actual check. I think the $1200 stimulus came as a check, I really don't remember. As for the $600 weekly addition to unemployment, the way I understand it, the money comes from the Feds to the States and the States disperse it. Again, those are all direct deposit. This $2000 is supposedly the same type of deal, the Feds sent it to the States (or directly to the Counties?) and they hand it out. When you apply on the website, it shows how much was allocated to the County and how much has been dispersed so far. The last we looked, they really hadn't sent much of it out ... possibly because (like us), not too many people are even aware of it.