Excellent question, judges?

I wouldn't think so because as a Medical and Family leave program, it can be used to care for a family member, not because you were unemployed.  

As relates to our earlier discussions on this subject, I just found this in the instructions for Schedule 1:

If you made contributions to a governmental unemployment compensation
program or to a governmental paid family leave program and you aren't itemizing deductions, reduce the amount you
report on line 7 by those contributions.
If you are itemizing deductions, see the
instructions on Form 1099-G

Sounds like we can use contributions to MAPMFL to reduce the amount income reported on the 1099G.