If you pay child support and are now not able to make payments because you lost your job, you may be eligible to have your child support order modified while you are unemployed. Please use the following contacts to ask your state child support agency whether you qualify and how to apply if you do:

• Alabama - Child Support Hurricane Hotline at 1-800-951-1274 or e-mail childsupportstorm@dhr.state.al.us
• Louisiana - The Louisiana Customer Service Center at 1-800-256-4650 or 1-225-922-8100 or e-mail lacsc@dss.state.la.us.
• Mississippi - Child Support Hurricane Hotline at 1-866-388-2836 or e-mail poluade@mdhs.state.ms.us
• Texas - 1-800-252-8014

Information on Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available on the U.S. Department of Labor web site at http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/unemployment-insurance/index.htm