17-05-2025
Unemployed due to Kentucky flooding? Deadline to apply for help extended
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that a request to extend the registration period for those impacted by February flooding was approved.
Disaster survivors left unemployed by the disastrous February flooding now have until May 27 to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
In a news release, state leaders encouraged those affected to file an initial claim at the Kentucky Career Center website.
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State officials said DUA is available for people who:
Worked or were self-employed, or were scheduled to begin work or self-employment
Can no longer work or perform services because of physical damage or destruction to their place of employment as a direct result of a disaster, which can also include the physical inaccessibility of the place of employment due to its closure by the federal, state, or local government in immediate response to the disaster
Have established that their work or self-employment, which can no longer be performed, was their primary source of income
Do not qualify for regular unemployment insurance benefits from any state
Cannot work or resume self-employment because of an injury as a direct result of the disaster
As a result of the disaster, they became the breadwinner or major supporter of a household because of the death of the head of the household
According to a news release, DUA is available for 28 weeks of unemployment, as long as it continues to be a direct result of the disaster.
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