OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Workers in nine Oklahoma counties have one week left to file for disaster unemployment assistance.
Workers and self-employed individuals in those counties who lost work or wages due to the severe storms and tornadoes between May 5 and June 22 have until Aug. 6 to apply for disaster unemployment assistance. Assistance is available to those who don't qualify for regular state unemployment benefits.
To be eligible, individuals must have been scheduled to work in the disaster area but no longer have a job or a place to work or could not get to work because of disaster damage. Self-employed business owners who have lost all or part of their livelihood may also be eligible.
The nine counties are Carter, Jefferson, Latimer, Mayes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pushmataha, Stephens and Tulsa counties.