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Minimum disaster unemployment benefits for late 2011
Summary ETA provided state workforce agencies a table of minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts based on half of each state’s average weekly unemployment benefit. The amounts applied to major disasters declared October 1 through December 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. 32-11
Date issued
September 20, 2011
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this letter Canceled as of 2026-10-24; the PDF prints an expiration date of September 20, 2012.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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UIPL32-11acc.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2011/UIPL32-11acc.pdf)
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
OUI/DUIO
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DATE
Washington, D.C. 20210 September 20, 2011
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 32-11
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: JANE OATES /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit
Amount: October 1 – December 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 first
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 first quarter of FY 2012 from October 1 through December 31, 2011.
3. Action Required. 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:
October 1– December 31, 2011.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None September 20, 2012
UIPL32-11a1.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2011/UIPL32-11a1.pdf)
MINUMUM DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (DUA)
WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT: October 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT 7/1/2010 thru 6/31/2011
STATES AWBA 50% AWBA CALCULATION MINUMUM WBA
(ROUNDED)
Alabama 204.26 102.13 103
Alaska 239.91 119.96 120
Arizona 211.71 105.86 106
Arkansas 275.25 137.62 138
California 294.77 147.39 148
Colorado 337.07 168.54 169
Connecticut 325.60 162.80 163
Delaware 240.51 120.25 121
District of Columbia 296.15 148.07 149
Florida 229.47 114.74 115
Georgia 269.57 134.79 135
Guam 295.60 147.80 148
Hawaii 414.67 207.34 208
Idaho 249.58 124.79 125
Illinois 314.03 157.02 158
Indiana 292.67 146.33 147
Iowa 318.13 159.07 160
Kansas 321.48 160.74 161
Kentucky 286.43 143.21 144
Louisiana 196.22 98.11 99
Maine 271.05 135.52 136
Maryland 319.26 159.63 160
Massachusetts 386.43 193.21 194
Michigan 291.37 145.69 146
Minnesota 346.85 173.43 174
Mississippi 189.16 94.58 95
Missouri 239.63 119.82 120
Montana 265.36 132.68 133
Nebraska 253.67 126.84 127
Nevada 310.14 155.07 156
New Hampshire 270.80 135.40 136
New Jersey 395.11 197.55 198
New Mexico 300.77 150.39 151
New York 303.61 151.80 152
North Carolina 293.01 146.50 147
North Dakota 314.45 157.22 158
Ohio 292.57 146.28 147
Oklahoma 273.29 136.64 137
Oregon 286.83 143.42 144
Pennsylvania 334.98 167.49 168
Puerto Rico 117.45 58.72 59
Rhode Island 377.68 188.84 189
South Carolina 234.85 117.42 118
South Dakota 249.64 124.82 125
Tennessee 231.25 115.62 116
Texas 314.09 157.05 158
Utah 312.87 156.43 157
Vermont 295.65 147.83 148
Virgin Islands 304.93 152.46 153
Virginia 284.75 142.38 143
Washington 364.42 182.21 183
West Virginia 249.95 124.97 125
Wisconsin 270.49 135.24 136
Wyoming 328.23 164.12 165
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Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance
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