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FEDERAL DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR
THE OCTOBER 2017 CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
Immigrants, Farmworkers, and Self-Employed For all applicants, the EDD will file a regular UI claim first
to determine if they qualify for regular state UI benefits.
Are you a farmworker or self-employed? Are you out of If they don’t qualify for regular state UI benefits, then the
work due to the recent wildfires? EDD will automatically file a federal DUA claim and
determine if they meet the eligibility criteria for those
There is a federal program administered by the benefits. The EDD will notify applicants by mail of the type
Employment Development Department (EDD), called of benefits they are potentially eligible to receive.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) that can provide
some financial support to those impacted by the California Additionally, individuals who are not U.S. Citizens
wildfires in Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, or Nationals must be able to show they have current
Orange, Sonoma, and Yuba counties. authorization to work in the United States.
The DUA program provides temporary unemployment How to Get Started
assistance to individuals whose work or self-employment
is interrupted due to a major disaster. This includes To start the process, you need to file a claim by
employees, farmworkers, and business owners who December 18, 2017. The December 18th filing deadline
may not normally qualify for regular state-provided may be extended if you can show a good reason for why
unemployment benefits. you did not file by that date.
Who Can Qualify The fastest way to file is online through eApply4UI
DUA unemployment insurance benefits are offered available on EDD’s website at www.edd.ca.gov. You may
to victims of the California wildfire disasters, and are also file by phone between 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday
available to individuals who meet any one of the following through Friday:
eligibility conditions: • English: 1-800-300-5616
• Spanish: 1-800-326-8937
• Have applied and qualified for and received all regular • Chinese (Cantonese): 1-800-547-3506
unemployment benefits from California or any other • Chinese (Mandarin): 1-866-303-0706
state; or • Vietnamese: 1-800-547-2058
• Have applied for regular unemployment benefits in
California or any other state but do not qualify to All disaster victims are encouraged to apply to avoid losing
receive the regular unemployment benefits; or out on these valuable benefits and should note on their
• Worked or were self-employed or were scheduled to applications that they are out of work due to the wildfires.
begin work or self-employment in the disaster area but
cannot work or perform services due to the disaster; or Proof of Employment
• Can demonstrate that the work or self-employment
they can no longer perform was their primary source of To receive DUA benefits, you must show proof that
income; or you were employed or self-employed when the disaster
occurred or proof that you were to begin work on or
• Cannot perform work or self-employment because of after the date of the disaster. All documentation must be
an injury as a direct result of the disaster and do not submitted within 21 days from the day you filed your
qualify for State Disability Insurance benefits; or
application. Proof includes, check stubs, recent federal
• Became the head of their households because of a income tax returns, bank statements, work orders, affidavits
death caused by the disaster. from individuals having knowledge of your work or self-
employment, or other documents to support that you were
For individuals who applied for and were qualified to
working or self-employed when the disaster occurred.
receive regular state Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits
from California or any other state, they must receive all of
their benefits before they can qualify to potentially receive
DUA benefits.
PO Box 826880 • Sacramento CA 94280-0001
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