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Minimum weekly disaster unemployment assistance amounts, July–September 1998

Summary ETA sent state unemployment agencies a table of minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts for major disasters declared from July through September 1998. It instructed agencies to use those amounts when calculating benefits. ETA now lists the letter as Canceled; the published historical table contains inconsistent figures, reproduced as printed below.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 35-98
Date issued
July 30, 1998
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this letter Canceled; it printed a July 31, 1999 expiration date.
Status last verified October 27, 2026

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
Classification: UI
Correspondence symbol: TEUPDI
Issue date: July 30, 1998
Rescissions: None
Expiration date: July 31, 1999

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 35-98

TO: ALL STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES

FROM: GRACE A. KILBANE, Director, Unemployment Insurance Service

SUBJECT: Minimum Weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Benefit Amount: July 1 - Sept. 30, 1998

  1. Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for ail major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1998.

  2. Average Weekly Benefit Amount 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 fourth quarter of FY 1998, from Ju13 I through September 30, 1998.

  3. Action Required. SESA 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: July 1 - Sept. 30, 1998.

Attachment: Minimum Weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Benefit Amount

Official attachment: https://oui.doleta.gov/dmstree/uipl/uipl98/uipl_3598a.htm

BENEFIT AMOUNT: JUL 1 THRU SEP 30, 1998

BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT 04/01/97 thru 03/31/98

MINIMUM DUA

The archive prints the following values. Some calculations and rounded minimums conflict; the figures below are transcribed as published, without arithmetic correction.

State or area AWBA 07/1/96 - 09/30/98 50% calculation DUA Use rounded minimum
Alabama 147.05 73.53 74
Alaska 176.98 99.44 89
Arizona 145.48 72.74 73
Arkansas 195.28 97.64 98
California 152.03 76.01 77
Colorado 215.88 107.94 108
Connecticut 210.94 105.42 106
Delaware 191.70 95.85 96
District of Columbia 232.34 116.17 117
Florida 194.48 97.24 98
Georgia 163.88 81.94 92
Guam 193.96 N/A (1) 194 (1)
Hawaii 268.19 134.09 135
Idaho 190.44 95.22 96
Illinois 219.68 109.94 110
Indiana 190.07 95.04 96
Iowa 207.82 103.91 104
Kansas 205.80 102.90 103
Kentucky 178.75 89.37 90
Louisiana 133.95 66.97 67
Maine 149.07 74.54 75
Maryland 196.72 98.36 99
Massachusetts 265.23 132.62 133
Michigan 225.47 112.73 113
Minnesota 246.23 123.11 124
Mississippi 142.44 71.22 72
Missouri 155.78 77.89 78
Montana 167.59 83.80 94
Nebraska 162.67 81.33 82
Nevada 206.80 103.40 104
New Hampshire 169.45 84.73 95
New Jersey 260.47 130.23 131
New Mexico 159.64 79.82 80
New York 201.97 100.99 101
North Carolina 200.61 100.31 101
North Dakota 179.24 89.62 90
Ohio 208.32 104.16 105
Oklahoma 178.81 89.40 90
Oregon 202.61 101.30 102
Pennsylvania 229.90 114.95 115
Puerto Rico 94.85 47.43 48
Rhode Island 222.74 111.37 112
South Carolina 169.55 94.77 85
South Dakota 158.17 79.08 80
Texas 197.24 98.62 99
Utah 191.96 95.98 96
Tennessee 166.32 83.16 94
Vermont 174.75 87.38 88
Virgin Islands 170.58 85.29 86
Virginia 179.83 89.91 90
Washington 242.63 121.32 122
West Virginia 182.38 91.19 92
Wisconsin 190.13 95.07 96
Wyoming 183.30 91.65 92

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

Data Supplied by U.S. DOL/ETA/UIS, 7/0211998

The source letter and attachment also print “ail,” “Ju13 I,” a repeated phrase in section 2's heading, the AWBA heading date range above, and the data-supplied date above. These apparent source errors are retained because the archive provides no original image to resolve them.

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