WEST VIRGINIA – DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AVAILABLE
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is now available to individuals who were affected by storms and flooding that impacted West Virginia in February. Raleigh County was added to the list of impacted areas providing DUA benefits. Previously declared and eligible counties within West Virginia are: Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne, and Wyoming.
As a reminder, DUA is an unemployment insurance benefit made available after a disaster and is only available to individuals who:
- Have applied for and used all regular unemployment benefits from any state, or do not qualify for unemployment benefits.
- Worked or were self-employed or scheduled to begin work or self-employment in the disaster area.
- Can no longer work or perform services because of physical damage or destruction to the place of employment as a direct result of the disaster.
- Establish that the work or self-employment they can no longer perform was their primary source of income.
- Cannot perform work or self-employment because of an injury as a direct result of the disaster.
- Became the breadwinner or major support of a household because of the death of the head of household.
Impacted individuals should contact WorkForce West Virginia by phone (304) 558-3340 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or by email [email protected]. The application deadline is April 28.
