New website for Florida unemployment applications

The Department of Economic Opportunity has launched a new website to process more unemployment applications faster.

Longer if necessary.In Marco Island, Rob Manch Fox 4in your corner.A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR MAPEOPLE IN OUR STATE LOOKING TOFILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENTTODAY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIOPPORTUNITY LAUNCHED A NEWWEBSITE FOR APPLICATIONS.THEY SAY IT’LL SPEED UP THEPROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO FILINGYOUR CLAIM.FOX 4’S RACHEL LOYD HAS THESTORY.(:27 - :32)(:39 - :4NatsLONG CALL WAIT TIMES FORUNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMSAND ERRORMESSAGES ON THE FLORIDADEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICOPPORTUNITY’S WEBSITE.We’re in unprecedented watersright now.ABOUT TEN MILLION AMERICANS HAVEFILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN RECENTWEEKS.

AND STATE REPRESENTATIVEBYRON DONALDS SAYS HIS OFFICE ISHELPING WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS.HE’S ALSO CONNECTING HIS NAPLESCONSTITUENTS TO FOOD PANTRIES TOHOLD THEM OVER UNTIL THEIRCHECKS COME.At that point, what you’rereally trying to do is juststring together as manyresources as you can to get theminto the hands of the people whoneed them the most.STATE REP HEATHER FITZENHAGENHAS ALSO BEEN HELPING WITH THEAPPLICATION PROCESS AND SAYSHELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OFECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS HERThey launched a brand new systemthat’s up and running, and readyto enter unemployment claims.SO I TESTED OUT THE NEW SITE FORMYSELF.

HERE’S THE ORIGINAL SITETHAT I HAD TO REFRESH A COUPLETIMES BEFORE GETTING TO ANAPPLICATION.

BUT THE NEW SITEBROUGHT ME TO AN UNEMPLOYMENTAPPLICATION RIGHT AWAY.While I know everyone wasextremely frustrated, that thesystem was not able to handlethe many many claims, that wehad - it was an unprecedentamount of claims. But, what thegood news is, is that we wereable to quickly fix iIN A STATEMENT TO FOX 4, SENATORRICK SCOTT SAID HE’S FOCUSED ONGETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK ANDHE APPLAUDS DEO’S DIRECTOR KENLAWSON’S FAST EFFORTS TO GIVEFLORIDIANS RELIEF.LLTAG: THIS IS JUST THE FIRSTDAY THAT NEW SITE HAS B