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Disaster unemployment benefit amounts for January–March 1995

Summary ETA directed state unemployment agencies to use the attached average weekly benefit amounts when calculating disaster unemployment assistance for disasters occurring January through March 1995. It said to round each state amount up to the next dollar and promised updated figures for later quarters. The archived letter prints a 1996 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. 15-95
Date issued
January 31, 1995
Status
Archived by the agency
The archived letter prints a January 31, 1996 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: [blank in archived HTML]
Correspondence symbol: TEUMI
Issue date: January 31, 1995
Rescissions: None
Expiration date: January 31, 1996
Directive: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 15-95
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 Second Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 (January 1 through March 31, 1995)

  1. Purpose. To transmit the AWBA for each State for the second 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 second 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 January 1 through March 31, 1995.

Attachment — Average Weekly Benefit Amounts, January 1–March 31, 1995
Official attachment: https://oui.doleta.gov/dmstree/uipl/uipl95/uipl_1595a.pdf

Source transcription note: The attachment leaves Alabama blank, prints 154.82 and 198 in Indiana's row, and prints "218 88" without a decimal point for the District of Columbia. These entries are reproduced as printed.

UIPL 15-95 Attachment


 AWBA FOR MAJOR DISASTERS THAT OCCUR DURING QUARTER JAN 01 THRU MAR 31, 1995
        BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT, 10/01/92 through 09/30/94


                              JAN 01      USE
                                THRU      ROUNDED
STATES                  MAR 31, 1995      AMOUNTS

Alabama
Alaska                        129.92          130
Arizona                       170.21          171
Arkansas                      148.18          149
California                    159.83          160
Colorado                      154.09          155
Connecticut                   193.44          194
Delaware                      224.01          225
District of Columbia          218 88          219
Florida                       168.13          169
Georgia                       150.94          151
Guam                          181.52          182
Hawaii                        262.77          263
Idaho                         165.76          166
Illinois                      197.30          198
Indiana                       154.82          198
Iowa                          181.15          182
Kansas                        192.41          193
Kentucky                      159.36          160
Louisiana                     117.59          118
Maine                         160.32          161
Maryland                      179.23          180
Massachusetts                 235.59          236
Michigan                      213.10          214
Minnesota                     216.51          217
Mississippi                   128.08          129
Missouri                      149.42          150
Montana                       155.10          156
Nebraska                      138.43          139
Nevada                        182.90          183
New Hampshire                 145.32          146
New Jersey                    242.68          243
New Mexico                    138.69          139
New York                      202.36          203
North Carolina                172 76          173
North Dakota                  158.22          159
Ohio                          189.49          190
Oklahoma                      167.24          168
Oregon                        178.63          179
Pennsylvania                  211.58          212
Puerto Rico                    89.17           90

Rhode Island                 218.34        219
South Carolina               152.11        153
South Dakota                 136.59        137
Tennessee                    138.82        139
Texas                        184.27        185
Utah                         186.06        187
Vermont                      164.39        165
Virgin Islands               192.86        193
Virginia                     168.65        169
Washington                   206.69        207
West Virginia                165.79        166
Wisconsin                    185.79        186
Wyoming                      171.10        172

Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Unemployment Insurance Service,
12/30/1994

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