Deadline to apply for unemployment benefits due to Helene extended to January 7

A deadline to apply for state unemployment benefits has been extended for eight Northeast Tennessee counties until January 7th.

Employees who worked in or traveled to those areas prior to Hurricane Helene are eligible to apply.

The counties include: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington. Benefits will be available through April 5th, 2025.

To apply, visit TN.gov/Jobs4TN or call 877-813-0950 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT Monday to Friday. If you file online, specify on your application that you were impacted by a disaster.

The Disaster Unemployment Assistance program is funded by FEMA and operated by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

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