Severance and unemployment, do they overlap? - 3 months and counting

My employer is paying severance in instalments and I am not sure whether to file now. The agreement mentions a release and a payment schedule. Did you file straight away?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 3 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

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