Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA): A Summary of Benefits and Authorities


 

Publication Date: March 2002

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Labor

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) provides assistance to previously employed or self- employed individuals rendered unemployed as a direct result of a major disaster and who are not eligible for regular federal/state unemployment insurance (UI). DUA is federally funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but is administered by the state UI agencies. This report will be updated as events warrant.