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Minimum disaster unemployment assistance amounts for late 2022
Summary ETA gave state workforce agencies a table of minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts for major disasters declared in the final quarter of 2022. The amounts are based on half of each state’s average weekly unemployment compensation payment, rounded as shown in the attachment. These figures apply to the specified historical quarter.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 19-22
Date issued
September 30, 2022
Status
Active
ETA’s official listing marks the letter Active and the PDF prints “Rescissions: None” and “Expiration Date: Continuing.” Its benefit table applies to disasters declared in the final quarter of 2022; the attachment heading says December 30 although the letter says December 31.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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RESCISSIONS: None
EXPIRATION DATE: Continuing
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OUI/DUIO
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
September 30, 2022
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 19-22
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount:
October 1 – December 31, 2022
1. Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in
computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from
October 1 – December 31, 2022, (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023).
2. Action Requested. State Workforce Agency Administrators should provide this information
to appropriate staff and ensure utilization of the correct Average Weekly Benefit Amount
(AWBA) in determining the minimum weekly DUA benefit amount.
3. Summary and Background.
a. Summary – If an individual’s DUA weekly benefit amount is less than 50 percent of
the state’s average weekly payment of unemployment compensation (UC) or if the
individual has insufficient wages from employment or insufficient or no net income
from self-employment, the state shall determine the DUA weekly amount to equal 50
percent of the average weekly payment of UC in the state.
b. Background –The Department is required to publish information on each state’s
minimum DUA weekly benefit amount quarterly (see 20 CFR 625.6(b)).
4. Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount.
The attached listing sets forth the minimum DUA weekly benefit amount for each state
applicable for major disasters declared during the first quarter of FY 2023, from October 1 to
December 31, 2022, and the computation used to determine this amount.
5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
6. References.
• 20 CFR 625.6
• Employment and Training (ET) Handbook 356, Chapter IV-3
7. Attachment. Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit
Amount: October 1 – December 31, 2022
Attachment I
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
Weekly Benefit Amount: October 1, 2022 – December 30, 2022
STATES AWBA* 50% AWBA CALCULATION MINIMUM WBA
(ROUNDED)
Alabama $252.39 $126.19 $127
Alaska $278.80 $139.40 $140
Arizona $236.29 $118.14 $119
Arkansas $260.36 $130.18 $131
California $323.96 $161.98 $162
Colorado $413.46 $206.73 $207
Connecticut $400.83 $200.42 $201
Delaware $301.50 $150.75 $151
District of Columbia $384.11 $192.06 $193
Florida $246.30 $123.15 $124
Georgia $306.86 $153.43 $154
Hawaii $504.15 $252.08 $253
Idaho $376.89 $188.45 $189
Illinois $390.84 $195.42 $196
Indiana $271.19 $135.60 $136
Iowa $455.96 $227.98 $228
Kansas $420.73 $210.36 $211
Kentucky $383.12 $191.56 $192
Louisiana $191.72 $95.86 $96
Maine $375.80 $187.90 $188
Maryland $348.10 $174.05 $175
Massachusetts $555.73 $277.87 $278
Michigan $348.85 $174.43 $175
Minnesota $471.76 $235.88 $236
Mississippi $206.30 $103.15 $104
Missouri $269.66 $134.83 $135
Montana $459.38 $229.69 $230
Nebraska $371.34 $185.67 $186
Nevada $365.12 $182.56 $183
New Hampshire $314.86 $157.43 $158
New Jersey $502.09 $251.05 $252
New Mexico $359.20 $179.60 $180
New York $381.94 $190.97 $191
North Carolina $250.47 $125.23 $126
North Dakota $486.88 $243.44 $244
Ohio $405.74 $202.87 $203
Oklahoma $349.10 $174.55 $175
Oregon $424.05 $212.03 $213
Pennsylvania $410.78 $205.39 $206
Puerto Rico $197.21 $98.60 $99
Rhode Island $402.66 $201.33 $202
South Carolina $266.42 $133.21 $134
South Dakota $395.82 $197.91 $198
Tennessee $231.57 $115.79 $116
Texas $429.73 $214.87 $215
Utah $457.73 $228.87 $229
Vermont $419.38 $209.69 $210
Virgin Islands $552.00 $276.00 $276
Virginia $310.84 $155.42 $156
Washington $540.56 $270.28 $271
West Virginia $290.88 $145.44 $146
Wisconsin $318.38 $159.19 $160
Wyoming $426.58 $213.29 $214
*Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount (AWBA) for Total Unemployment 07/01/2021 through 06/30/2022
Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance
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