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.
The 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 the impacts of severe storms."
Benefits are offered to victims of a federally declared disaster and are available to people who meet certain criteria.
San Mateo County applicants must file applications for benefits no later than today, unless the individual 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.
Those interested 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
The Disaster Recovery Center Will Reduce Hours and Services Next Week, as starting Monday, March 6, the Disaster Recovery Center open in the Events Center for residents affected by the January storms will reduce its hours due to the decrease in attendance.
On Monday, the hours change from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. The center will remain closed on Sunday. At the end of the business day on Tuesday, March 7, Cal OES will withdraw state services.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency ?FEMA, for its acronym in English? and the Small Business Administration ?SBA? They will remain on the site from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until Tuesday, March 14, when the site closes for good.
The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is March 16, 2023.
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