UIPL_04-22.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION UI CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DUIO DATE December 17 2021RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 4-22 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM ANGELA HANKS Acting Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount January 1 March 31 2022 1.Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from January 1 March 31 2022 second quarter of Fiscal Year FY 2022 . 2.Action Requested. 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 Background. 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.Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount. The attached listing sets forth the minimum DUA weekly benefit amount for each state applicable for major disasters declared during the second quarter of FY 2022 from January 1 to March 31 2022 and the computation used to determine this amount. 5.Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office. 2 6. References . 20 CFR 625.6 Employment and Training ET Handbook 356 Chapter IV -3 7. Attachment . Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount January 1 March 31 202 2 I-1 ATTACHMENT I Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount January 1 2022 March 31 2022 STATES AWBA 50 AWBA CALCULATION MINIMUM WBA ROUNDED Alabama 263.73 131.86 132 Alaska 288.50 144.25 145 Arizona 236.00 118.00 118 Arkansas 241.79 120.89 121 California 303.23 151.61 152 Colorado 381.90 190.95 191 Connecticut 348.13 174.06 175 Delaware 267.83 133.91 134 District of Columbia 351.75 175.87 176 Florida 233.35 116.67 117 Georgia 268.71 134.36 135 Hawaii 447.96 223.98 224 Idaho 346.74 173.37 174 Illinois 353.92 176.96 177 Indiana 245.60 122.80 123 Iowa 413.13 206.56 207 Kansas 417.35 208.67 209 Kentucky 332.40 166.20 167 Louisiana 182.96 91.48 92 Maine 332.85 166.43 167 Maryland 339.75 169.87 170 Massachusetts 490.27 245.13 246 Michigan 320.33 160.17 161 Minnesota 426.97 213.49 214 Mississippi 193.96 96.98 97 Missouri 256.45 128.22 129 Montana 457.41 228.71 229 Nebraska 339.93 169.96 170 Nevada 375.56 187.78 188 New Hampshire 282.12 141.06 142 New Jersey 454.29 227.14 228 New Mexico 327.43 163.72 164 New York 366.05 183.03 184 North Carolina 237.68 118.84 119 North Dakota 472.96 236.48 237 Ohio 367.41 183.71 184 Oklahoma 319.94 159.97 160 Oregon 382.46 191.23 192 Pennsylvania 373.47 186.73 187 Puerto Rico 197.19 98.59 99 Rhode Island 382.25 191.12 192 South Carolina 230.79 115.40 116 South Dakota 349.90 174.95 175 Tennessee 219.41 109.71 110 Texas 403.02 201.51 202 Utah 422.95 211.47 212 Vermont 372.57 186.29 187 Virgin Islands 432.53 216.27 217 Virginia 287.55 143.77 144 Washington 460.77 230.38 231 West Virginia 270.58 135.29 136 Wisconsin 300.81 150.40 151 Wyoming 425.47 212.74 213 Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA for Total Unemployment 10 01 2020 through 09 30 2021 Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance