Deadline 23 Oct. for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
If you have not yet applied for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) now is the time as the deadline for new applications is tomorrow the October 23rd.
We have embedded the application instructions below but be warned they require a lot of paperwork to support your application.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is funded by FEMA and administered by the Employment Department. Benefits are payable in the first week after the week in which the President declares a major disaster. The disaster declaration will specify which counties are eligible. The disaster declaration must specifically grant Individual Assistance.
Eligibility
To qualify, your unemployment must be a direct result of a major disaster under any one of five conditions:
- You no longer have a job as a direct result of the major disaster.
- You are unable to reach your place of employment as a direct result of the major disaster.
- You were going to start work and you don’t have a job or you are unable to reach the job as a direct result of the major disaster.
- You are the breadwinner or major support for a household because the head of the household has died as a direct result of the major disaster.
- You can’t work because of an injury caused as a direct result of the major disaster.
In addition to the above conditions, you must meet normal eligibility requirements for an Oregon Unemployment Insurance claim. Unlike regular unemployment, self-employed individuals may be eligible for benefits.
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Instruction Sheet below:
