Policymakers in 25 states have chosen to stop American workers from receiving federal pandemic unemployment compensation supplements as early as June 121. The most recent available weekly unemployment continued claims figures show that 36.6 percent of the workers impacted – 364,927 of the 997,785 – reside in eight Southern states. Terminating state participation in federal unemployment compensation programs will undoubtedly harm families, businesses, and communities. This brief explains why.