Hundreds of thousands of Florida residents have applied for unemployment benefits in the past month after the coronavirus pandemic triggered widespread business closures. But only 14.2% of the claims filed since March 15 were being paid, the state reports.
The state reported Tuesday that only 14.2% of the more than 668,000 unique claims filed since March 15 were being paid -- just under 95,000 people. That's up from Monday, when the share was only 6.2%.Florida has paid out a total of $125.6 million since March 15, including more than $79 million in $600 weekly checks that were mailed to residents as part of the Congress' historic expansion of the unemployment program in its $2 trillion relief package last month.
Ron DeSantis, who called the filing problems"totally unacceptable" earlier this month, directed the department to provide paper forms that residents could download and mail in. Or they could go to CareerSource locations, which can provide the application and assist Floridians in filing it. FedEx is also offering free printing and mailing of the forms at more than 100 storefronts across the state.
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