AMERICAN RECOVERY and REINVESTMENT ACT of 2009

Office of Unemployment Compensation

Program Guidance Documents

FEDERAL

Unemployment Insurance Program Letters (UIPL)

• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 12-09, Change 1 (Issued May 4, 2009)
  Extended Benefits Program – Temporary Changes made by the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act
  Respond to questions about the permanent federal-state Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits (EB) program, including temporary changes made by Public Law 111-5.

• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 23-08, Change 4 (Issued March 4, 2009)
  Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program (EUC)
  Extends benefits through the week ending on or before December 31, 2009.  No benefits are payable for any week beginning after May 31, 2010.   

• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 11-09 (Issued February 23, 2009)
  Increase in Unemployment Compensation Benefits, Federal Additional Compensation (FAC)
  Creates a new Federal program, the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program and provides funding to states for the administration of the program. The FAC program allows states to pay an additional $25 each week to individuals who are otherwise eligible to receive unemployment compensation for the week.

• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 12-09 (Issued February 23, 2009)
  Temporary Full Federal Funding of Extended Benefits (EB)
  Amends permanent EB law to provide that the Federal government will pay 100% of EB benefit costs for weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of enactment (February 17, 2009) and before January 1, 2010.

• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 13-09 (Issued February 24, 2009)
  Funding of Administrative Costs for Implementation of the New Temporary Federal Additional Compensation Program - reference to UIPL 11-09. To inform State Workforce Agencies of the opportunity to submit the new temporary Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program.

• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL No. 14-09 (Issued February 26, 2009)

  a. Temporary Assistance For States with Advances (Interest-Free Loans)
  Temporarily waives interest payments and the accrual of interest on advances to State unemployment funds by amending section 1202(b) of the Social Security Act.

  b. Special Transfers for Unemployment Compensation Modernization
  Provides "incentive payments" to states conditioned on state law containing specific provisions.

  c. Suspension of Federal Income Tax
  Temporarily suspends federal income tax on the first $2,400 of unemployment benefits per recipient.

 

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