REVISING ITS CRITERIA.
THEY ANNOUNCED THEY ARE OPENING
UP TESTING TO EVERYONE.
YOU DO NOT NEED SYMPTOMS OR AN
APPOINTMENT.
NEW AT 6:00, NEW DETAILS AND
THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS.
THE LONG LINES AT DOZENS OF THE
DISTRIBUTIONS HELD EACH WEEK I
JUST ASSIGN OF HOW HARD-HITTING
THE JOB LOSSES ARE.
THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE
HAVING FILING FOR BENEFITS IS
THE NUMBERS.
Reporter: THE STATE LISTS
MORE THAN 824,000 PEOPLE HAVE
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
OF THOSE LESS THAN HALF HAVE
RECEIVED MONEY.
HOW IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA
DOING HANDLING THE NUMBER OF ON
EMPLOYMENT CASES THAT YOU HAVE.
I THINK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
SLOW.
I AM HOPING THAT THIS WEEKEND
THEY GOT A LOT DONE AND PEOPLE
START RECEIVING SOME MONEY.
THE SYSTEM BECAME OVERWHELMED
AND THERE WAS NOT A QUICK
RESPONSE BY THE STATE.
Reporter: CONFUSING THINGS
IS THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE
DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES FILED
MULTIPLE CLAIMS.
OTHERS DO NOT HAVE THE
TECHNICAL ABILITY TO FILE.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
HAVE A SAFETY NET OUR FAMILY
THAT CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IT HAS
BEEN VERY HARD FOR THEM.
MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD TO SEEK
OUT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
THEY ARE SENT THAT THEY LOST
THEIR JOBS AND THEY WILL DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO
GET UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN IT
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THESE ARE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE
THAT DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THE
SYSTEM.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO
COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT.
PEOPLE COULD COLLECT FOR ONE OR
BOTH.
THERE'S THE STATE OF FLORIDA
