The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is gearing up to start paying out $300 in extra weekly unemployment benefits to qualified Coloradans, with more than $459 million ready for distribution, state officials said. Efforts to distribute that Lost Wages Assistance program money hit a snag Tuesday. High demand has clogged the certification process the labor department is using to verify that people are eligible for federally funded payments, officials wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday morning. “We are actively working to resolve these issues,” the post reads.