UIPL 20-22- (Complete PDF).pdf

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ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 20-22 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM BRENT PARTON Acting Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount January 1 March 31 2023 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 2023 second quarter of Fiscal Year FY 2023 . 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 minimum weekly DUA benefit 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 2023 from January 1 to March 31 2023 and the computation used to determine this amount. 5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office. 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 2023 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION UI CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DUIO DATE December 2 3 2022 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing Attachment I Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount January 1 - March 31 2023 States AWBA 50 AWBA Calculation Minimum WBA Rounded Alabama 249.93 124.96 125 Alaska 282.07 141.04 142 Arizona 243.02 121.51 122 Arkansas 273.43 136.71 137 California 330.71 165.35 166 Colorado 449.95 224.98 225 Connecticut 419.63 209.82 210 Delaware 302.12 151.06 152 District of Columbia 394.37 197.18 198 Florida 248.16 124.08 125 Georgia 316.90 158.45 159 Hawaii 516.57 258.28 259 Idaho 384.56 192.28 193 Illinois 414.68 207.34 208 Indiana 282.95 141.48 142 Iowa 468.21 234.11 235 Kansas 427.19 213.59 214 Kentucky 389.08 194.54 195 Louisiana 207.05 103.53 104 Maine 392.56 196.28 197 Maryland 353.08 176.54 177 Massachusetts 579.09 289.55 290 Michigan 357.24 178.62 179 Minnesota 493.12 246.56 247 Mississippi 212.43 106.22 107 Missouri 273.86 136.93 137 Montana 458.23 229.12 230 Nebraska 379.45 189.72 190 Nevada 379.48 189.74 190 New Hampshire 326.31 163.15 164 New Jersey 518.77 259.38 260 New Mexico 369.69 184.84 185 New York 388.79 194.40 195 North Carolina 259.62 129.81 130 North Dakota 495.53 247.76 248 Ohio 418.14 209.07 210 Oklahoma 355.57 177.78 178 Oregon 444.44 222.22 223 Pennsylvania 425.08 212.54 213 Puerto Rico 199.04 99.52 100 Rhode Island 410.97 205.48 206 South Carolina 277.91 138.96 139 South Dakota 404.73 202.37 203 Tennessee 240.25 120.13 121 Texas 439.63 219.81 220 Utah 476.63 238.32 239 Vermont 431.74 215.87 216 Virgin Islands 541.01 270.50 271 Virginia 327.49 163.75 164 Washington 573.82 286.91 287 West Virginia 302.86 151.43 152 Wisconsin 326.26 163.13 164 Wyoming 431.63 215.81 216 Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA for Total Unemployment 10 01 2021 through 09 30 2022. Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance.