DENVER — The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) provided an update on the Phase 2 rollout of the Continued Assistance Act (CAA). Since Saturday, February 20, CDLE has paid out more than $254 million to more than 135,000 people. Phase 2 allowed claimants to reopen and file new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) claims.

The department also shared the following estimated totals since deploying MyUI+ in January:

• More than $668 million has been paid in state and federal benefits.

• More than 248,000 Coloradans have received payment.

CDLE also encouraged job seekers to register for the Statewide Virtual Job Fair its hosting in partnership with Colorado Workforce Center tomorrow, February 24 at 10 a.m. More than 400 employers including Amazon, Centura Health and Natural Grocers are participating. Job seekers can register at cdle.colorado.gov.

There are more than 150,000 jobs listed on OnwardCO.org and nearly 70,000 open jobs listed on ConnectingColorado.com right now. The industries with the most openings are:

• Computer and Mathematical (21,411)

• Management (10,367)

• Sales (8,171)

• Food Preparation and Serving Related (2,843)

According to Emsi, the jobs listed most often in Colorado since the start of January are:

• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

• Registered Nurses

• Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

• Retail Salespersons

• Computer Occupations

CDLE also announced it has a new online dashboard currently in development. The dashboard will be updated daily with data points including the number of claimants paid, the amount of benefits being paid out, call center workloads and the number of integrity holds released through ID.me. The dashboard will also list ongoing and forthcoming upgrades to the MyUI+ system and will outline common scenarios claimants are experiencing and next steps to take. The department expects to deploy the dashboard later this week.