DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO HURRICANE ZETA
SURVIVORS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210118/disaster-unemployment-assistance-available-hurricane-zeta-survivors]


Release Date: 
January 18, 2021 

BATON ROUGE, LA. – Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is now
available to certain workers in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans,
Plaquemines, St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes who lost income as a
direct result of Hurricane Zeta. The purpose of DUA is to help workers
whose primary incomes are lost or interrupted by a federally declared
disaster. DUA may be available if the disaster affected your
employment — even if you’re self-employed, a farmer or a farm
worker — and you fall under one of the following categories:

 	* Your workplace was damaged or destroyed by the disaster.
 	* Transportation to work was unavailable as a direct result of the
disaster.
 	* You could not get to your job because you had to travel through
the disaster area.
 	* The disaster prevented you from starting a new
job.          
 	* Your business suffered because you relied on the disaster area for
most of its income
 	* You cannot work due to an injury caused as a direct result of the
major disaster
 	* You became the breadwinner or major household support because the
head of your household died as a direct result of the disaster.
 	* You became unemployed as a direct result of the disaster.

Applicants in these parishes must apply for disaster unemployment
assistance by Feb. 12.

Affected workers must first apply for regular unemployment insurance
prior to starting a DUA application. Apply by
visiting www.laworks.net [http://www.laworks.net/], the Helping
Individuals Reach Employment portal.

Claimants may also file by telephone by calling the Benefits Analysis
Team at 866-783-5567 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday through Friday
and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For the latest information visit the Hurricane Zeta disaster page
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4577]. Follow the FEMA Region 6 Twitter
account at twitter.com/FEMARegion6 [https://twitter.com/FEMARegion6].