This Thursday, March 2, 2023, is the deadline for San Mateo County residents who lost their jobs or businesses, or had their hours reduced due to the impacts of the severe storms that began in late December 2022. apply for Disaster Unemployment Insurance.
Benefits are available “to workers, business owners, and self-employed individuals who lost their jobs or businesses, or had their work hours reduced, due to impacts from the severe storms.”
Benefits are offered to victims of a federally declared disaster and are available to individuals who meet certain criteria.
San Mateo County applicants must file applications for benefits by today unless the person has good cause for filing a late application.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance applies to losses beginning the week of January 1, 2023 for claimants affected by the storms.
Interested parties can submit their application by phone from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.:
- English: 1-800-300-5616
- Spanish: 1-800-326-8937
- Chinese (Cantonese): 1-800 -547-3506
- Chinese (Mandarin): 1-866-303-0706
- Korean: 1-844-660-0877
- Tagalog: 1-866-395-1513
- Vietnamese: 1-800-547-2058
Disaster Recovery Center to Reduce Hours and Services Next Week Beginning Monday, March 6, the Disaster Recovery Center open at the Events Center for residents affected by the January storms will reduce hours due to decreased attendance.
On Monday, hours change to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The center will be closed on Sunday. At the end of the business day on Tuesday, March 7, Cal OES will discontinue state services.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA and the Small Business Administration (SBA) will remain on site from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Tuesday, March 14, when the site will close permanently.
The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is March 16, 2023.
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