UIPL_26-21.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

CLASSIFICATION EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OUI DUIO Washington D.C. 20210 DATE September 24 2021 RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE None Continuing ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 26-21 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS Acting Assistant Secretary SUB JECT Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount October 1 December 31 2021 1.Purpos e. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 December 31 2021 first quarter of Fiscal Year FY 2022 . 2.Action Re que s te d. State Workforce Agency Administrators should provide this information to appropriate staff and ensure utilization of the correct Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA in determining the weekly DUA amount. 3.Summary and B ackground. a.Summary If an individual s DUA weekly benefit amount is less than 50 percent of the state s average weekly payment of unemployment compensation UC or if the individual has insufficient wages from employment or insufficient or no net income from self- employment the state shall determine the DUA weekly amount to equal 50 percent of the average weekly payment of UC in the state. b.Background The Department is required to publish information on each state s minimum DUA weekly benefit amount quarterly see 20 CFR 625.6 b . 4.M inimum Dis as te r Une mployme nt As s is tance DUA We e kly B e ne fit Amount. The attached listing sets forth the minimum DUA weekly benefit amount for each state applicable for major disasters declared during the first quarter of FY 2022 from October 1 to December 31 2021 and the computation used to determine this amount. 5.Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office. 2 6. Re fe re nce s. 20 CFR 625.6 Employment and Training ET Handbook 356 Chapter IV-3 7. Attachme nt. Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount October 1 December 31 2021 ATTACHMENT I I-1 Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA W eekly Benefit Amount October 1 2021 December 31 2021 ST AT ES AW BA 50 AW BA CALCULAT ION MINIMUM W BA ROUNDED Alabama 260.69 130.34 131 Alaska 302.30 151.15 152 Arizona 236.52 118.26 119 Arkansas 233.67 116.84 117 California 290.60 145.30 146 Colorado 377.96 188.98 189 Connecticut 319.12 159.56 160 Delaware 250.70 125.35 126 District of Columbia 347.88 173.94 174 Florida 229.09 114.54 115 Georgia 260.14 130.07 131 Hawaii 445.70 222.85 223 Idaho 330.95 165.47 166 Illinois 336.84 168.42 169 Indiana 234.44 117.22 118 Iowa 379.11 189.55 190 Kansas 389.65 194.83 195 Kentucky 300.07 150.03 151 Louisiana 182.25 91.12 92 Maine 312.05 156.03 157 Maryland 324.12 162.06 163 Massachusetts 441.24 220.62 221 Michigan 312.59 156.30 157 Minnesota 404.76 202.38 203 Mississippi 187.15 93.57 94 Missouri 247.81 123.90 124 Montana 407.34 203.67 204 Nebraska 310.21 155.10 156 Nevada 363.50 181.75 182 New Hampshire 270.96 135.48 136 New Jersey 422.10 211.05 212 New Mexico 320.32 160.16 161 New York 341.85 170.92 171 North Carolina 230.20 115.10 116 North Dakota 467.67 233.84 234 Ohio 345.13 172.57 173 Oklahoma 321.08 160.54 161 Oregon 371.37 185.69 186 Pennsylvania 353.12 176.56 177 Puerto Rico 182.21 91.10 92 Rhode Island 350.17 175.08 176 South Carolina 227.69 113.85 114 South Dakota 322.01 161.00 161 T ennessee 212.75 106.38 107 T exas 379.08 189.54 190 Utah 391.95 195.98 196 Vermont 352.34 176.17 177 Virgin Islands 390.05 195.03 196 Virginia 273.83 136.91 137 W ashington 434.68 217.34 218 W est Virginia 253.06 126.53 127 W isconsin 296.02 148.01 149 W yoming 424.54 212.27 213 Based on Average W eekly Benefit Amount AW BA for T otal Unemployment 07 01 2020 through 06 30 2021 Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor Employment and T raining Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance