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Minimum disaster unemployment benefits for early 2004

Summary ETA gave state unemployment agencies a table of minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts for major disasters declared from January through March 2004. The amounts use 50 percent of each state's average weekly benefit amount, with a separate rule for Guam. Agencies were told to use the table when calculating benefits for that period. 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. 12-04
Date issued
January 7, 2004
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this advisory as Canceled. Its printed expiration date was January 31, 2005; the letter covered disasters declared January 1 through March 31, 2004.
Status last verified October 25, 2026

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Official letter (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2004/UIPL12-04.html):

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210
CLASSIFICATION: UI
CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL: OWS/OIS/DUO
DATE: January 7, 2004
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 12-04
TO: ALL STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: CHERYL ATKINSON /s/, Administrator, Office of Workforce Security
SUBJECT: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: January 1 – March 31, 2004

  1. Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency use in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2004.

  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 2004, from January 1 through March 31, 2004.

  3. Action Required. State Workforce Agency Administrators are requested to provide this information to appropriate staff and insure 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, 2004.

RESCISSIONS: None
EXPIRATION DATE: January 31, 2005

Attachment (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2004/UIPL12-04_Attach.html):

MINUMUM DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (DUA)
WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT: JANUARY 1, 2004 - MARCH 30, 2004
BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT 10/01/2002 thru 09/30/2003

STATES AWBA 50% AWBA CALCULATION MINUMUM WBA (ROUNDED)
Alabama 175.12 87.56 88
Alaska 193.67 96.83 97
Arizona 173.93 86.97 87
Arkansas 228.24 114.12 115
California 241.40 120.70 121
Colorado 309.82 154.91 155
Connecticut 287.64 143.82 144
Delaware 229.82 114.91 115
District of Columbia 260.01 130.01 131
Florida 225.17 112.59 113
Georgia 242.79 121.39 122
Guam 261.16 N/A[1] 262
Hawaii 309.24 154.62 155
Idaho 231.75 115.88 116
Illinois 280.66 140.33 141
Indiana 262.27 131.14 132
Iowa 259.58 129.79 130
Kansas 276.60 138.30 139
Kentucky 248.51 124.26 125
Louisiana 195.55 97.78 98
Maine 229.70 114.85 115
Maryland 248.76 124.38 125
Massachusetts 358.74 179.37 180
Michigan 290.66 145.33 146
Minnesota 322.31 161.15 162
Mississippi 172.81 86.41 87
Missouri 205.69 102.85 103
Montana 196.91 98.46 99
Nebraska 215.09 107.55 108
Nevada 234.68 117.34 118
New Hampshire 261.57 130.79 131
New Jersey 333.50 166.75 167
New Mexico 209.90 104.95 105
New York 272.29 136.15 137
North Carolina 258.92 129.46 130
North Dakota 221.75 110.88 111
Ohio 251.47 125.73 126
Oklahoma 231.36 115.68 116
Oregon 264.36 132.18 133
Pennsylvania 291.46 145.73 146
Puerto Rico 106.57 53.29 54
Rhode Island 307.47 153.73 154
South Carolina 209.48 104.74 105
South Dakota 201.11 100.55 101
Tennessee 209.94 104.97 105
Texas 260.51 130.25 131
Utah 270.18 135.09 136
Vermont 255.94 127.97 128
Virgin Islands 290.60 145.30 146
Virginia 288.38 144.19 145
Washington 325.01 162.51 163
West Virginia 218.69 109.34 110
Wisconsin 250.82 125.41 126
Wyoming 238.05 119.02 120

[1] 50 Percent AWBA Not Applicable for Guam (See 20 CFR 625.6(c))

Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, OWS-DUO, 12/17/2003.

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