Normally, no. The general idea of a severance package is that you must voluntarily quit in return for your employer's agreement to make payments to you that it has no obligation to make. Once those payments have run out (or are deemed to have run out if you received a lump sum), if you have not found replacement employment, it may then be possible to apply for and receive unemployment benefits.
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