The Education and Workforce Development Cabinet has started a new procedure in effort to help the large influx of Kentuckians filing for unemployment insurance benefits. Also new local office phone lines.
If you are filing for unemployment insurance you should follow a schedule that follows the first initial of your last name as to what day your claim can be filed. The schedule is below.
Kentucky Career Center’s phone numbers and locations are below.
| Bowling Green area | 270-746-7425 |
| Elizabethtown area | 270-766-5115 |
| Covington area | 859-292-6666 |
| Hazard area | 888-503-1423 |
| Hopkinsville area | 270-889-6509 |
| Lexington area | 859-233-5940 |
| Louisville area | 502-595-4003 |
| Morehead area | 606-783-8525 |
| Owensboro area | 270-686-2502 |
| Paducah area | 270-575-7000 |
| Prestonsburg area | 888-503-1423 |
| Somerset area | 606-677-4124 |
You can also call the UI Help Line at 502-564-2900, if they have questions.
Source: Lex18 & Kentucky Career Center