My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: California
I originally applied for benefits back in September after dropping from full-time to part time work due to lack of affordable child care since the job only paid me a not so great hourly wage. I had my initial phone interview in early November. Was told I did qualify for benefits. But after not receiving any benefit payments, I sent a request for an update, upon which I was told that another phone screen right before Thanksgiving. The employer continued to schedule me for full-time work after pleading with my direct Manager, the Store Manager and the managers in the executive offices on several occasions, I was finally forced to resign since they would have fired me anyway for missing work. I was called for my second phone interview 3 days after my last official day. The screener first said that I had claimed I was laid off, which was not the case (no idea where she got that from), then I explained to her the circumstances regarding my efforts to not only stay with the company, but my ongoing efforts to find full-time work that paid me at least half of what I was making with my previous career and training so that I could afford child care. From everything I have researched, a lack of child care with no available alternatives for care is a legitimate reason to get child care. I did explore and try to implement any possible solutions, but received no help, just false promises from my employer. Something tells me that whatever my former employer told EDD is the reason why they denied me, but the letter does not give any specifics nor does it explain what happened to my claim between the original filing in September and when I left November 24th. It just says I am not eligible as of November 24th. I do want to appeal obviously, but do I state the facts in a letter, or just send in the DE 1000 Appeal form? I read somewhere that it's better to not get into any details in a letter, but just request an appeal. Please advise. Thank You!

