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Disaster unemployment benefit amounts for October–December 1994

Summary ETA directed state unemployment agencies to use the attached average weekly benefit amounts when calculating disaster unemployment assistance for disasters occurring October through December 1994. It said to round each state amount up to the next dollar and promised updated figures for later quarters. The archived letter prints a 1995 expiration date; its current advisory status is unconfirmed.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 01-95
Date issued
October 27, 1994
Status
Archived by the agency
The archived letter prints an October 31, 1995 expiration date but does not identify a current cancellation or replacement.
Status last verified October 26, 2026

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U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210

Classification: UI
Correspondence symbol: TEUMI
Issue date: October 27, 1994
Rescissions: None
Expiration date: October 31, 1995
Directive: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 01-95
To: ALL STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES
From: MARY ANN WYRSCH, Director, Unemployment Insurance Service
Subject: Average Weekly Benefit Amount (AWBA) Where the Date of the Disaster Occurs During the First Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 (October 1 through December 31, 1994)

  1. Purpose. To transmit the AWBA for each State for the first quarter of FY 1995.

  2. AWBA Utilization. The attached listing identifies the AWBA which is to be used when computing the weekly amount of disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) for major disasters where the date of the disaster for the individual occurs during the first quarter of FY 1995 (refer to 20 CFR 625.6). The AWBA for each State is based on the total amount of unemployment insurance paid in that State in the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the quarter in which the major disaster began. States shall use the AWBA, rounded to the next higher dollar amount, in the computation of the DUA weekly benefit amount. An updated listing will be provided for each subsequent calendar quarter.

  3. Action Required. State Employment Security Agency Administrators are requested to provide this information to appropriate staff.

  4. Inquiries. Inquiries should be addressed to the appropriate Regional Office.

  5. Attachment. AWBA Where the Date of the Disaster Occurs During the Quarter October 1 through December 31, 1994.

Attachment — Average Weekly Benefit Amounts, October 1–December 31, 1994
Official attachment: https://oui.doleta.gov/dmstree/uipl/uipl95/uipl_0195a.pdf

UIPL 01-95 Attachment

                  AWBA FOR MAJOR DISASTERS THAT OCCUR
                  DURING QUARTER OCT 01 THRU DEC 31, 1994
                 BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT

                            07/01/1993 through 06/30/1994


                   OCT 01              USE
                   THRU                ROUNDED
STATES             DEC 31, 1994        AMOUNT

Alabama            129.86              130
Alaska             170.58              171
Arizona            148.76              149
Arkansas           159.06              160
California         154.37              155
Colorado           191.52              192
Connecticut        224.95              225
Delaware           183.90              184
D of Columbia      218.89              219
Florida            168.49              169
Georgia            150.36              151
Guam               181.34              182
Hawaii             260.30              261
Idaho              165.07              166
Illinois           196.90              197
Indiana            151.67              152
Iowa               179.66              180
Kansas             191.04              192
Kentucky           159.48              160
Louisiana          118.01              119
Maine              160.30              161
Maryland           179.31              180
Massachusetts      235.67              236
Michigan           215.92              216
Minnesota          215.49              216
Mississippi        127.52              128
Missouri           149.26              150
Montana            154.93              155
Nebraska           137.85              138
Nevada             180.50              181
N Hampshire        144.06              145
New Jersey          240.07               241
New Mexico          144.54               145
New York            202.02               203
North Carolina      171.41               172
North Dakota        156.49               157
Ohio                187.69               188
Oklahoma            166.32               167
Oregon              179.16               180
Pennsylvania        212.17               213
Puerto Rico         89.23                90
Rhode Island        217.11               218
South Carolina      150.17               151
South Dakota        134.92               135
Tennessee           136.05               137
Texas               184.17               185
Utah                184.67               185
Vermont             165.12               166
Virgin Islands      192.12               193
Virginia            168.34               169
Washington          204.44               205
West Virginia       165.81               166
Wisconsin           185.06               186
Wyoming             169.18               170

Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Unemployment Insurance Service, 09/28/1994

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