IS UNINSURED. EVENTUALLY
ADVENT HEALTH HOPES TO CONDUCT
ANTIBODY TEST AS WELL.
NEARLY ONE 0.8 MILLION
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN
FILED IN FLORIDA SINCE THE
CORONAVIRUS HIT BUT ONLY A
SMALL FRACTION HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN PAID OUT. NOW SOMETHING
ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT FORM
ITSELF COULD BE MAKING MATTERS
WORSE. 8 ON YOUR SIDE'S. EVAN
DONOVAN JOINS US LIVE FROM
SOUTH TAMPA TO EXPLAIN.
LIKE THE SIGN SAYS YOU CAN
COME TO JEN PLATT LIBRARY PICK
UP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FORM AND
THEY'LL MAIL IT IN FOR YOU.
ONE VIEWER CHOSE TO MAIL IT IN
HIMSELF. BUT THERE ARE 2
ADDRESSES ON THE FORM AND HE
SENT IT TO THE WRONG ONE. IT
MIGHT HAVE COST HIM WEEKS
WORTH OF DELAY.
FLORIDA'S UNEMPLOYMENT
SYSTEM HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED
SINCE CORONAVIRUS LAYOFFS
STARTED WHICH IS WHY THE STATE
BEGAN ACCEPTING PAPER
APPLICATIONS EARLY THIS MONTH
LEADING TO LONG LINES LIKE
THIS ONE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
DWAYNE FUN ELSE AND HIS FORM
IN A MONTH AGO AFTER WEEKS OF
CALLING D E O HE FINALLY GOT
THROUGH TODAY ONLY TO FIND OUT
HIS APPLICATION HASN'T EVEN
BEEN PROCESSED BECAUSE IT WENT
TO THE WRONG ADDRESS BEST TO P
O BOX FOR THE APPEAL NUMBER.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY FOR THE
CLAIMS THAT IS THAT HOUSING IS
LIKE MY GOSH SENSITIVE PEEL
OFFICE. LUCKILY IT THERE'S
SOME TRACK AND HOW MIGHT IT
GOING TO SEND IT OVER THE
PLAINS OFFICE BOTH ADDRESSES
ARE ON THE FORM SO WE ASKED D
E O.
DID THE DEPARTMENT OF
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CHANGE
ITS FORM AT ANY POINT IN THE
LAST 6 WEEKS.
A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY
DIDN'T AND THAT THEY'LL STILL
PROCESS CLAIMS SENT TO THE
APPEALS OFFICE 8 IS ON YOUR
SIDE WITH TIPS TO HELP YOU GET
PAID MORE QUICKLY DON'T SUBMIT
DUPLICATE CLAIMS IT SLOWS DOWN
THE PEOPLE PROCESSING THAT
SUBMIT YOUR FORM THROUGH THE
NEW MOBILE SYSTEM IF YOU CAN
BECAUSE THE MALE METHOD IS
SLOWER AND IF YOU DO USE MAIL
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
ADDRESS. DATA FROM THE D E
OWES NEW DASHBOARD WEBSITE
SHOW.
THE STATE HAS PROCESS NO
MORE THAN 10% OF THESE THE
PAPER CLAIMS AND THEY ARE
GOOD AFTERNOON. EVERYONE,
I'M JOSH BENSON AND I'M STACIE
SCHAIBLE THIS IS FIRST OF 4.
FLORIDA'S UNEMPLOYMENT
SYSTEM IS ALREADY DELAYED BY
WEEKS AND NOW AN 8 ON YOUR
SIDE IS FINDING A CONFUSING
INFORMATION ON A FORM BUT SOME
USE TO SUBMIT FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
AND IT'S CAUSING EVEN MORE
DELAYS 8 ON YOUR SIDE'S. EVAN
DONOVAN JOINS US NOW IN SOUTH
TAMPA WITH HOW YOU CAN AVOID
SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS.
THE JEN PLATT LIBRARY IS
JUST ONE PLACE WE CAN WALK UP
GET AN UNEMPLOYMENT FORM AND
THEY'LL MAIL IT IN FOR YOU,
BUT ONE VIEWER WE TALKED TO
DECIDED TO MAIL HIS FORM IN
HIMSELF. HE FOUND OUT THIS ONE
FORM HAS TO ADDRESS IS. AND
NOW HIS CLAIM COULD BE DELAYED
EVEN FURTHER. LIKE NEARLY 1.8
MILLION FLORIDIANS DWAYNE FUN
L LOST HIS JOB WHEN
CORONAVIRUS HIT. THE GRILL
COOK AT USF SAINT PETE
CAMPUSES HE MAILED IN HIS
UNEMPLOYMENT FORM A MONTH AGO
AND GOT SOME BAD NEWS WHEN HE
FINALLY GOT THROUGH TO SOMEONE
A D E O ON THE PHONE AND HE
TOLD ME AT THE WALL DEBATE WAS
PEOPLE THAT UP.
HE RELIES ON THE 4 IT DOES
SAY THAT BOUGHT.
BUT THEY CHANGED IT BY ONE
OF THE AFTERNOON WHEN A
SO-CALLED UPDATED.
THIS SYSTEM THE
UNEMPLOYMENT FORMED DOES HAVE
TO ADDRESS IS ON IT. ONE FOR
MAILING IN CLAIMS THE OTHER A
GENERIC CEO ADDRESS ON THE
LETTERHEAD WHICH ALSO EXCEPT
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIM APPEALS. SO
WE TOOK THE QUESTION TO DEAL
OFFICIALS DID THE DEPARTMENT
OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
CHANGE ITS FORM AT ANY POINT
IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. A DEAL
SPOKESPERSON SAYS NO BUT
ADMITTED THE PAPER PROCESS IS
A SLOWER METHOD BECAUSE
SOMEONE HAS TO ENTER IT INTO
THE SYSTEM DATA FROM D E OWES
NEW UNEMPLOYMENT DASHBOARD
SHOW ONLY ABOUT 15,000 CLAIMS
HAVE BEEN PAID FOR MY THE
PAPER APPLICATIONS OR THE
STATE'S NEW SYSTEM ONLINE.
THAT'S ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THE
TOTAL CLAIMS SUBMITTED. COMING
UP AT 6, 8, IS ON YOUR SIDE
WITH TIPS TO HELP MAKE SURE
YOU GET YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT
CLAIM FILED AND PAID AS