UIPL 10-24.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DUIO DATE March 1 5 2024 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 10-24 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FRO M LENITA JACOBS-SI MMONS Deputy Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Min imum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount April 1 June 30 2024 1.Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 June 30 2024 third quarter of Fiscal Year FY 2024 . 2.Action R equested. The Employment and Training Administration ETA requests that State Workforce Agency Administrators provide this information to appropriate staff and ensure their state use of the correct Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA in determining the minimum weekly DUA benefit amount. 3. Summary an d 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 third quarter of FY 2024 from April 1 June 30 2024 and the computation used to determine this amount. 5.Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 2 6. References. 20 CFR 625.6 and Employment and Training ET Handbook 356 Chapter IV-3. 7.Attachment. Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly B enefit Amount Ap ril 1 June 30 2024 Attachment I I-1 Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount April 1 June 30 2024 States AWBA 50 AWBA Calculation Minimum WBA Rounded Alabama 257.40 128.70 129.00 Alaska 290.10 145.05 146.00 Arizona 308.37 154.19 155.00 Arkansas 307.04 153.52 154.00 California 368.48 184.24 185.00 Colorado 587.40 293.70 294.00 Connecticut 473.82 236.91 237.00 Delaware 334.69 167.35 168.00 District of Columbia 403.58 201.79 202.00 Florida 260.84 130.42 131.00 Georgia 339.87 169.93 170.00 Hawaii 615.31 307.66 308.00 Idaho 433.36 216.68 217.00 Illinois 495.21 247.61 248.00 Indiana 321.14 160.57 161.00 Iowa 501.72 250.86 251.00 Kansas 441.68 220.84 221.00 Kentucky 453.40 226.70 227.00 Louisiana 245.19 122.59 123.00 Maine 446.81 223.40 224.00 Maryland 383.51 191.76 192.00 Massachusetts 682.76 341.38 342.00 Michigan 346.88 173.44 174.00 Minnesota 552.76 276.38 277.00 Mississippi 221.75 110.87 111.00 Missouri 286.31 143.15 144.00 Montana 483.38 241.69 242.00 Nebraska 423.06 211.53 212.00 Nevada 451.32 225.66 226.00 New Hampshire 363.06 181.53 182.00 New Jersey 576.88 288.44 289.00 New Mexico 423.83 211.92 212.00 New York 418.92 209.46 210.00 North Carolina 300.08 150.04 151.00 North Dakota 521.13 260.57 261.00 Ohio 460.23 230.12 231.00 Oklahoma 393.88 196.94 197.00 Oregon 543.41 271.70 272.00 Pennsylvania 453.22 226.61 227.00 Puerto Rico 209.29 104.64 105.00 Rhode Island 449.28 224.64 225.00 South Carolina 296.66 148.33 149.00 South Dakota 431.99 215.99 216.00 Tennessee 253.86 126.93 127.00 Texas 479.13 239.56 240.00 Utah 542.36 271.18 272.00 Vermont 501.09 250.55 251.00 Virgin Islands 448.75 224.37 225.00 Virginia 340.08 170.04 171.00 Washington 703.79 351.89 352.00 West Virginia 397.82 198.91 199.00 Wisconsin 340.35 170.17 171.00 Wyoming 460.75 230.38 231.00 Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA for Total Unemployment 01 01 2023 through 12 31 2023. Data supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance.