UIPL 09-26.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance CO RRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DUIO DATE March 12 2026 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 09-26 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM HENRY MACK ED.D. Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance Weekly Benefit Amount April 1 June 30 2026 1. Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 June 30 2026 third quarter of Fiscal Year FY 2026 . 2. Action Requested. The Employment and Training Administration ETA requests that State W orkforce Agency Administrators provide this information to appropriate staff and ensure their state uses the correct Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA in determining the minim um weekly DUA benefit amount. 3. Summary and Background. a.S ummary If an individual s DUA weekly benefit amount is less than 50 percent of the state s AWBA for unemployment compensation UC or if the individual has insufficient wages from employment or insufficient or no net income from self- employment to establish a DUA weekly benefit amount the state shall determine the minimum DUA weekly amount to equal 50 percent of the AWBA 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 2026 from April 1 June 30 2026 and the computation used to determine this amount. 5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 2 6.References. 20 C.F.R. Part 625 and Employment and Training ET Handbook 356 Chapter IV-3. 7.Attachment s . Attachment I Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount April 1 June 30 2026. Attachment I I-1 Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount April 1 June 30 2026 States AWBA 50 AWBA Calculation Minimum WBA Rounded Alabama 258.15 129.08 130.00 Alaska 307.13 153.57 154.00 Arizona 314.26 157.13 158.00 Arkansas 330.00 165.00 165.00 California 373.88 186.94 187.00 Colorado 639.01 319.51 320.00 Connecticut 502.93 251.47 252.00 Delaware 368.82 184.41 185.00 District of Columbia 416.39 208.19 209.00 Florida 266.01 133.00 133.00 Georgia 344.98 172.49 173.00 Hawaii 696.07 348.03 349.00 Idaho 481.14 240.57 241.00 Illinois 517.69 258.84 259.00 Indiana 326.91 163.45 164.00 Iowa 548.27 274.14 275.00 Kansas 531.93 265.97 266.00 Kentucky 512.46 256.23 257.00 Louisiana 247.49 123.74 124.00 Maine 497.31 248.66 249.00 Maryland 396.83 198.42 199.00 Massachusetts 723.35 361.68 362.00 Michigan 392.69 196.34 197.00 Minnesota 582.34 291.17 292.00 Mississippi 223.09 111.55 112.00 Missouri 295.10 147.55 148.00 Montana 505.75 252.88 253.00 Nebraska 469.24 234.62 235.00 Nevada 491.14 245.57 246.00 New Hampshire 377.28 188.64 189.00 New Jersey 615.44 307.72 308.00 New Mexico 469.74 234.87 235.00 New York 465.79 232.90 233.00 North Carolina 403.29 201.65 202.00 North Dakota 606.83 303.42 304.00 Ohio 496.83 248.42 249.00 Oklahoma 442.38 221.19 222.00 Oregon 583.63 291.81 292.00 Pennsylvania 479.29 239.65 240.00 Puerto Rico 219.52 109.76 110.00 Rhode Island 490.29 245.14 246.00 South Carolina 312.61 156.30 157.00 Attachment I I-2 South Dakota 471.94 235.97 236.00 Tennessee 305.74 152.87 153.00 Texas 508.10 254.05 255.00 Utah 587.67 293.83 294.00 Vermont 564.72 282.36 283.00 Virgin Islands 458.15 229.08 230.00 Virginia 355.38 177.69 178.00 Washington 740.67 370.34 371.00 West Virginia 446.72 223.36 224.00 Wisconsin 346.41 173.20 174.00 Wyoming 516.59 258.29 259.00 Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA for Total Unemployment January 1 2025 through December 31 2025. Data supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance.