@Carole140 Yes, $600 per payment through the CARES act is a Federal program, which is now open to self employed and gig workers. HOWEVER, one still needs to apply through one's state unemployment department, many of whom are still busy trying to process the backlog of applications from unemployed payroll workers. It is state by state in the sense that not everyone can "just go online" and file an application, since not all the state websites are available for it yet.
Re "My question...that obviously won't be answered by anyone here is...." - first of all, this is not applicable to everyone that posts here, since this is a global community; second of all, people in the community here probably have no answers; and third of all, nobody is an official getting paid to answer your questions.
