Maryland received about $3.7 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, and has allocated about $1.1 billion to “shore up” the state’s unemployment trust fund, according to David Brinkley, secretary of the Office of Budget and Management.

The system is backlogged with thousands of unemployment claims that were brought on in an influx of applications due to government restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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