How to apply for storm-related jobless aid in South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - People living or working in Edgefield, Laurens and Union counties may now be eligible for disaster unemployment assistance funds, which will be made available through the unemployment insurance benefits system.
They people living or working in Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Lexington, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda and Spartanburg counties, who had been identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as being potentially eligible to receive the benefit for Sept. 29, 2024, through April 5, 2025.
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The program provides funds to assist people who became unemployed as a direct result of Hurricane Helene, the effects of which began Sept. 25.
The benefit is also available to small business owners and the self-employed, including 1099 contract workers, who have lost personal income due to the disaster.
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If you lost work or were unemployed as a direct result of Hurricane Helene, go to the MyBenefits Portal to apply for unemployment insurance and determine your eligibility.
You can also visit dew.sc.gov and click the MyBenefits in the first circle of the homepage to apply through the unemployment insurance benefits system.
For help, call 866-831-1724. The deadline to apply is Dec. 2.
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Workers or business owners in the eligible counties who meet the following criteria may be eligible to receive $150 to $326 per week in benefits:
- Individuals who are unemployed due to the disaster, and do not qualify for regular unemployment insurance benefits.
- Self-employed individuals and small business owners who lost income due to the disaster.
- Individuals who were prevented from working due to an injury caused by the disaster.
- Individuals who have become the major supplier of household income due to the disaster-related death or injury of the previous major supplier of household income.
- Individuals who are unable to reach their job or self-employment location because they must travel through the affected area and are prevented from doing so by the disaster.
- Individuals who were to commence employment or self-employment but were prevented by the disaster.
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