Jefferson County's FEMA Disaster Recovery Center to open Monday

Cap Times

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a Disaster Recovery Center in Jefferson County on Monday, July 7.

The center will be located in the lower level of the University of Wisconsin-Extension building at 864 Collins Road and will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Officials also announced that residents of Jefferson County who were displaced from their jobs as a result of flooding may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

Anyone who lost their job as a result of the storms is encouraged to call the Department of Workforce Development at 608-232-0678 or 1-800-822-5246 or visit

www.dwd.state.wi.us/ui.

The deadline to apply for unemployment assistance is July 25.