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Documents required for Disaster Unemployment Assistance application

To be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance, you must send us proof that you:

  • Worked for an employer before the November 2021 disaster.

or

  • Worked in self-employment before the November 2021 disaster.

or

  • Were scheduled before the November 2021 disaster to start a new job for an employer or in self-employment.

 

If you worked for an employer before the November 2021 disaster

Include with your application your 2020 or 2021 federal income tax return.

  • Submit your 2020 tax return if you became unemployed due to the disaster in 2021.
  • Submit your 2021 tax return if you became unemployed due to the disaster in 2022.


AND submit at least one item from this list:

  • Pay stub or earnings statement from the job you held when the November 2021 disaster
    occurred.
  • Name, address and phone number of your employer(s) when the disaster occurred.
  • Letters or messages from the employer(s) if the messages include information such as:
    • Earnings statement.
    • Employer’s name and address.
    • The start date, hours, rate of pay or duration of the job.

We might also ask you to send us the names and addresses of two people who can attest that you are unemployed due to the disaster.

 

If you were self-employed before the November 2021 disaster

Include with your application your 2020 or 2021 federal income tax return with Schedule C, F, K or SE. 

The return needs to show your net profit or loss.

  • Submit your 2020 tax return if you became unemployed due to the disaster in 2021.
  • Submit your 2021 tax return if you became unemployed due to the disaster in 2022.


AND submit at least one item from this list:

  • Property titles or deeds for your place of business.
  • Rental agreement or letter from a property owner showing when you occupied the place of
    business.
  • State tax registration or recent sales tax return
  • Phone, utility or insurance bills showing your name and the address of the place of business.
  • Business records or other evidence to verify that you were self-employed.

 

If you were scheduled before the November 2021 disaster to begin a new job for an employer or in self-employment

Include with your application your 2020 or 2021 federal income tax return.

  • Submit your 2020 tax return if you became unemployed due to the disaster in 2021.
  • Submit your 2021 tax return if you became unemployed due to the disaster in 2022.

Also include with your application letters or messages from the prospective employer(s). Messages should include:

  • Name and address of prospective employer or your prospective place of self-employment.
  • The start date, hours, rate of pay or duration of the prospective job.
  • The reason you didn’t start work for the prospective employer or in self-employment.
  • The date you were scheduled to occupy your place of self-employment.