Cut off from their jobs at home, Alaska typhoon evacuees have alternative income options

For wage-earning Alaskans who were displaced by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, a powerful storm that lashed the western coast of the state earlier this month, qualifying for one special type of federal assistance could be a cinch. The U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Assistance program provides financial benefits to people who cannot perform their normal jobs because of…
Source: Red Lake Nation News