BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana residents whose jobs were affected by the August flooding have received more than $1 million in Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

Disaster Unemployment Assistance supports Louisiana residents who:

• Have had at least a week of unemployment as a consequence of the flooding;
• Were unable to reach work because of flooded routes or damaged transportation;
• Were prevented from starting a new job because of the flooding;
• Became the monetary support for a household whose head died from the flood; or
• Cannot work because of an injury caused by the flooding. 

Although the deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance has passed, eligible individuals who applied for the program before the deadline may receive payments until Feb. 18, 2017, as long as their unemployment continues to be disaster-related.