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Minimum disaster unemployment benefit amounts for early 2012
Summary ETA sent state workforce agencies a table of minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts based on half of each state’s average weekly unemployment benefit. It applied to major disasters declared January 1 through March 31, 2012. ETA now lists the letter as Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 03-12
Date issued
December 28, 2011
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this letter Canceled as of 2026-10-24. Its computation applies to disasters declared January 1 through March 31, 2012; the PDF leaves its expiration field blank.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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2011/uipl_3_12_acc.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2011/uipl_3_12_acc.pdf)
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OUI/DUIO
DATE
Washington, D.C. 20210 December 28, 2011
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 3-12
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: JANE OATES /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit
Amount: January 1 – March 31, 2012
1. Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in
computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second
quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012.
2. Average Weekly Benefit Amount (AWBA) Utilization. As required by 20 CFR 625.6, the
attached listing sets forth the 50 percent of AWBA computation applicable for major disasters
declared during the second quarter of FY 2012 from January 1 through March 31, 2012.
3. Action Requested. State Workforce Agency Administrators are requested to provide this
information to appropriate staff and ensure that the correct AWBA is utilized in determining the
weekly DUA amount.
4. Inquiries. Inquires should be directed to the appropriate Regional Office.
5. Attachment. Minimum Weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Benefit Amount:
January 1 – March 31, 2012.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None
2011/uipl_3_12_att.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2011/uipl_3_12_att.pdf)
MINUMUM DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (DUA)
WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT: January 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012
BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT 10/1/2010 thru 9/30/2011
STATES AWBA 50% AWBA CALCULATION MINUMUM WBA
(ROUNDED)
Alabama 204.40 102.20 103
Alaska 240.98 120.49 121
Arizona 210.94 105.47 106
Arkansas 275.62 137.81 138
California 293.09 146.55 147
Colorado 335.10 167.55 168
Connecticut 325.73 162.87 163
Delaware 240.35 120.18 121
District of Columbia 295.33 147.67 148
Florida 229.90 114.95 115
Georgia 268.94 134.47 135
Hawaii 412.64 206.32 207
Idaho 249.61 124.80 125
Illinois 312.10 156.05 157
Indiana 294.05 147.02 148
Iowa 316.97 158.48 159
Kansas 321.81 160.90 161
Kentucky 286.47 143.23 144
Louisiana 195.43 97.71 98
Maine 273.15 136.58 137
Maryland 321.37 160.69 161
Massachusetts 386.90 193.45 194
Michigan 290.16 145.08 146
Minnesota 345.63 172.81 173
Mississippi 189.54 94.77 95
Missouri 238.48 119.24 120
Montana 263.06 131.53 132
Nebraska 255.48 127.74 128
Nevada 307.76 153.88 154
New Hampshire 272.51 136.26 137
New Jersey 393.08 196.54 197
New Mexico 294.90 147.45 148
New York 302.58 151.29 152
North Carolina 291.55 145.77 146
North Dakota 317.13 158.56 159
Ohio 291.66 145.83 146
Oklahoma 270.43 135.22 136
Oregon 287.47 143.74 144
Pennsylvania 334.57 167.29 168
Puerto Rico 117.05 58.53 59
Rhode Island 377.41 188.70 189
South Carolina 235.35 117.67 118
South Dakota 250.14 125.07 126
Tennessee 233.63 116.81 117
Texas 314.36 157.18 158
Utah 312.93 156.46 157
Vermont 296.21 148.10 149
Virgin Islands 306.61 153.30 154
Virginia 283.98 141.99 142
Washington 369.61 184.81 185
West Virginia 250.88 125.44 126
Wisconsin 270.56 135.28 136
Wyoming 327.28 163.64 164
Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of
Unemployment Insurance – 12/23/2011
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