Federal Disaster Unemployment Insurance Assistance Now Available to Eligible Individuals in Thirteen Additional Indiana Counties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS (June 7, 2018) —
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available to eligible
individuals as a result of a major disaster declared by the President on May 4,
2018. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development is accepting
applications for DUA from individuals in Dearborn, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko,
LaPorte, Ohio, Porter, Pulaski, Spencer, Starke, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, and
White counties whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted due
to severe storms and flooding between February 14, 2018 and March 4, 2018.
Applications for DUA must be filed by July 9, 2018.
To be eligible for DUA benefits under Presidential Disaster
Declaration FEMA-4363-DR, individuals:
- Must be an unemployed or self-unemployed worker whose
unemployment was caused as a direct result of the major disaster declared
by the President; and
- Must be a U.S. national or a qualified alien; and
- Must not qualify for regular unemployment insurance
benefits from any state; and
- Must have worked or were self-employed in, or were
scheduled to begin work or self-employment in, one of the counties listed
above; and
- Must establish that the work or self-employment they
can no longer perform was their primary source of income.
Also eligible to apply for DUA are individuals who:
- Can no longer work or perform services because of
physical damage or destruction to the place of employment as a direct
result of a disaster; or
- Cannot perform work or self-employment because of an
injury caused as a direct result of the disaster; or
- Became the breadwinner or major support of a household
because of the death of the head of the household; or
- Cannot work or perform self-employment due to closure
of a facility by the federal government.
Individuals will need their Social Security Number (SSN) and the
name and address of their last employer or prospective employer to file for
DUA. Applicants are required to provide proof (at the time of filing or within
21 days of filing their DUA claim) that they were employed or self-employed at
the time the disaster occurred or were scheduled to begin (or resume) a job or
self-employment when the disaster occurred. A copy of the most recent
federal income tax forms or check stubs may also be required (self-employed
individuals should also provide Schedules SE and Schedule C or Schedule F).
Applications filed after July 9, 2018, will be considered
untimely, unless the individual provides good cause for filing after this
date. Eligibility for DUA benefits will be determined on a week-to-week
basis.
Individuals who may be eligible for assistance must file a
regular claim for unemployment insurance benefits by visiting the Uplink
Claimant Self-Service System at www.uplink.in.gov/CSS/CSSLogin.htm and by
filing DUA claim forms, which are available at www.in.gov/dwd/dua.htm. DUA claim forms can be
faxed to the Department at (317) 233-1670 or mailed to the Department at:
Attn: DUA Claims
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
10 N. Senate Ave.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Unemployment Insurance access kiosks and DUA claim forms are
also available at WorkOne offices in the disaster-area counties.
Resources regarding DUA, including answers to frequently-asked
questions, are available at www.in.gov/dwd/dua.htm or through
the Customer Support Center by calling 1-800-891-6499. The Customer
Support Center is open from 8 a.m. EDT through 5:30 p.m. EDT Monday through
Friday.
Click here
to read an FAQ of Disaster Unemployment Assistance.
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About the Indiana Department of
Workforce Development DWD
serves the worker and the employer to ensure workplace success. DWD is
committed to innovating and invigorating Indiana’s economic future by providing
WorkOne Career Centers, Unemployment Insurance, Labor Market Information,
Regional Workforce Strategies and Professional Training. Through these
services, DWD is able to develop a premier workforce that enables Indiana
employers to flourish and entices businesses from outside our state to relocate
to Indiana.
For
additional information, contact: Dave Shatkowski, 317-234-7671, dshatkowski@dwd.in.gov
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