Severance and unemployment, do they overlap? - 19 weeks in

My employer is paying severance in instalments and I am not sure whether to file now. I do not usually post, so bear with me. I also wonder about the job-search requirement. How did your state treat it?

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It made the follow-up calls so much easier.

Some states only count certain kinds of severance. A local workforce centre could tell me which.