Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

DUA - September 2008

Chicago (10/10) - Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available to eligible individuals as a result of a major flooding in the Illinois area starting September 13, 2008. IDES is accepting applications for DUA from individuals in Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, LaSalle and Will Counties whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted due to severe storms and flooding starting September 13, 2008 and continuing. Applications for disaster unemployment assistance must be filed by November 7, 2008. >> more information

DUA - June/July 2008

Springfield (7/8) – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced that residents of four more counties who became unemployed due to severe storms and flooding beginning June 1, 2008, might be eligible for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). The assistance is available as part of the federal disaster declaration that was secured by the Governor after the storms. There are now 18 Illinois counties covered by DUA, up from 14 last week.

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Mississippi Floods: Disaster Assessment for Illinois Labor Markets

Springfield – To provide some empirical basis for disaster assessment of Illinois labor markets, this information was generated from the Local Employment Dynamics program, a joint IDES/Census national statistical program. >> Get the assessment