Floridians wait for DEO to make extension of unemployment benefits available Share Updated: 7:02 PM EST Jan 7, 2021 Share Updated: 7:02 PM EST Jan 7, 2021
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Show Transcript OPPORTUNITY SAYS THERE’S A REASON FOR THIS. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN SPOKE TO M WHO IS HAVING TO BEGIN FROM SCRATCH. BOB: EVEN THOUGH CONGRESS PASSED AN EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, MANY FLORIDIANS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE HERE WHOSE PAYMENTS HAVE RUN OUT. I WOULD JUST LIKE THEM TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION O THEIR HOMEPAGE, SO WE KIND OF KNOW THAT THEY RE WORKING THROUGH THESE ISSUES BOB: ANDREW LEE HAD BEEN GETTING BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, OR PUA, BUT EXHAUSTED THEM THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMA WITH THE EXTENSION, HE LOGGED INTO CONNECT, WAS TOLD TO REAPPLY, AND SAYS HIS STATUS CHANGED TO INELIGIBLE. AND THE DATE OF HIS CLAIM CHANGED TO A LATER TIME WHEN HI