AUSTIN, Texas – Texans who became unemployed because of Hurricane Ike have more time to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), now that the deadline has been extended to Dec. 12, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Texas Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM).
This is the second time the DUA deadline has been extended. State and federal disaster recovery officials say another 30 days should give Texans in need of unemployment assistance enough time to apply.
The DUA program is funded by FEMA through the U.S. Department of Labor and administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. To date, more than 7,000 eligible Texans have been approved for assistance totaling more than $2.1 million.
To apply before the mid-December deadline, workers can go online to www.texasworkforce.org or call a Texas Workforce Unemployment Insurance Tele-Center at:
281-983-1100
Phone lines are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
DUA applies to Texans in the 34 counties designated to receive assistance for individuals, whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted due to the hurricane and to anyone living outside a designated county whose employment in a designated county was affected.
The 34 counties are Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gregg, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller and Washington.
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