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Minimum disaster unemployment benefits for early 2011
Summary ETA sent state workforce agencies a table of minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts generally based on half of each state’s average weekly unemployment benefit; Guam follows a different rule. The figures applied to major disasters declared January 1 through March 31, 2011. 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. 04-11
Date issued
January 3, 2011
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this letter Canceled as of 2026-10-24; the PDF prints an expiration date of January 3, 2012.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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2011/UIPL_4_11ACC.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2011/UIPL_4_11ACC.pdf)
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OUI
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
January 3, 2011
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 04-11
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: JANE OATES /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit
Amount: January 1 – March 31, 2011
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) 2011.
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 2011 from January 1 through March 31, 2011.
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. Inquiries should be directed to the appropriate Regional Office.
5. Attachment. Minimum Weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Benefit Amount:
January 1 – March 31, 2011.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None January 3, 2012
2011/UIPL_4_11_ATT1.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2011/UIPL_4_11_ATT1.pdf)
MINUMUM DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (DUA)
WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT: January 1, 2011 – March 31, 2011
BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT 10/1/2009 thru 9/30/2010
STATES AWBA 50% AWBA CALCULATION MINUMUM WBA
(ROUNDED)
Alabama 207.14 103.57 104
Alaska 241.35 120.68 121
Arizona 215.66 107.83 108
Arkansas 280.74 140.37 141
California 305.30 152.65 153
Colorado 351.82 175.91 176
Connecticut 330.60 165.30 166
Delaware 251.18 125.59 126
District of Columbia 300.26 150.13 151
Florida 232.40 116.20 117
Georgia 276.63 138.31 139
Guam 304.05 N/A 1 305
Hawaii 418.17 209.09 210
Idaho 259.84 129.92 130
Illinois 317.92 158.96 159
Indiana 298.07 149.03 150
Iowa 322.27 161.13 162
Kansas 332.19 166.09 167
Kentucky 292.37 146.18 147
Louisiana 218.46 109.23 110
Maine 276.45 138.22 139
Maryland 314.09 157.04 158
Massachusetts 398.87 199.44 200
Michigan 300.01 150.00 150
Minnesota 359.57 179.78 180
Mississippi 191.64 95.82 96
Missouri 248.13 124.07 125
Montana 275.16 137.58 138
Nebraska 250.50 125.25 126
Nevada 320.69 160.35 161
New Hampshire 277.51 138.75 139
New Jersey 397.88 198.94 199
New Mexico 318.52 159.26 160
New York 308.70 154.35 155
North Carolina 301.48 150.74 151
North Dakota 310.64 155.32 156
Ohio 353.38 176.69 177
Oklahoma 279.37 139.69 140
Oregon 294.04 147.02 148
Pennsylvania 342.02 171.01 172
Puerto Rico 117.91 58.95 59
Rhode Island 382.59 191.30 192
South Carolina 239.05 119.52 120
South Dakota 252.89 126.44 127
Tennessee 222.06 111.03 112
Texas 318.34 159.17 160
Utah 317.04 158.52 159
Vermont 298.31 149.15 150
Virgin Islands 308.96 154.48 155
Virginia 291.00 145.50 146
Washington 396.93 198.47 199
West Virginia 258.02 129.01 130
Wisconsin 278.42 139.21 140
Wyoming 342.76 171.38 172
50 Percent AWBA Not Applicable for Guam (See 20 CFR 625.6(c))
Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, OUI 12/16/2010
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