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Disaster unemployment benefit amounts for July–September 1994

Summary ETA directed state unemployment agencies to use the attached average weekly benefit amounts when calculating disaster unemployment assistance for disasters occurring July through September 1994. It said to round each state amount up to the next dollar and promised updated figures for later quarters. The archived letter prints a 1995 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. 38-94
Date issued
July 22, 1994
Status
Archived by the agency
The archived letter prints a July 31, 1995 expiration date; no current cancellation or replacement is confirmed.
Status last verified October 26, 2026

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U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
Classification: UI/DUA/AWBA
Correspondence symbol: TEUMI
Issue date: July 22, 1994
Rescissions: NONE
Expiration date: July 31, 1995
Directive: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 38-94
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 Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 (July 1 through September 30, 1994)

  1. Purpose. To transmit the AWBA for each State for the fourth quarter of FY 1994.

  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 fourth quarter of FY 1994 (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 July 1 through September 30, 1994.

Attachment — Average Weekly Benefit Amounts, July 1–September 30, 1994
Official attachment: https://oui.doleta.gov/dmstree/uipl/uipl94/uipl_3894a.pdf

UIPL 38-94 Attachment

             AWBA FOR MAJOR DISASTERS THAT OCCUR
          DURING QUARTER JULY 1 THRU SEPT 30, 1994
            BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT,
                04/01/1993 through 03/31/1994

                             JULY 1            USE
                             THRU              ROUNDED
    STATES                   SEPT 30, 1994     AMOUNT

    Alabama                  129.65            130
    Alaska                   170.80            171
    Arizona                  149.17            150
    Arkansas                 157.67            158
    California               154.84            155
    Colorado                 189.06            190
    Connecticut              224.77            225
    Delaware                 183.25            184
    District of Columbia     220.07            221
    Florida                  167.97            168
    Georgia                  150.14            151
    Guam                     180.78            181
    Hawaii                   256.53            257
    Idaho                    163.76            164
    Illinois                 196.34            197
    Indiana                  148.39            149
    Iowa                     178.52            179
    Kansas                   189.96            190
    Kentucky                 158.44            159
    Louisiana                118.21            119
    Maine                    161.15            162
    Maryland                 179.96            180
    Massachusetts            236.12            237
    Michigan                 216.14            217
    Minnesota                213.72            214
    Mississippi              126.91            127
    Missouri                 148.94            149
    Montana                  153.68            154
    Nebraska                 137.78            138
    Nevada                   177.85            178
    New Hampshire            143.18            144
    New Jersey               237.25            238
    New Mexico               144.23            145
    New York                 201.24            202
    North Carolina           169.94            170
    North Dakota             154.16            155
                             JULY 1            USE
                             THRU              ROUNDED
    STATES                   SEPT 30, 1994     AMOUNT

    Ohio                     185.76            186
    Oklahoma                 165.33            166
    Oregon                   179.72            180
    Pennsylvania             211.80            212
    Puerto Rico               89.28             90
    Rhode Island             215.17            216
    South Carolina           148.19            149
    South Dakota             133.75            134
    Tennessee                133.69            134
    Texas                    183.85            184
    Utah                     182.90            183
    Vermont                  164.32            165
    Virgin Islands           187.19            188
    Virginia                 168.43            169
    Washington               198.77            199
    West Virginia            166.32            167
    Wisconsin                184.65            185
    Wyoming                  166.68            167


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Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Unemployment Insurance Service,
07/01/1994

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