STACIE SCHAIBLE. KAREN LOFTUS
SPORTS AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
STEVE JERVE E.
FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT
RECIPIENTS NOW HAVE UNTIL
DECEMBER BEFORE THEY WILL HAVE
TO PROVE THEY'RE APPLYING FOR
JOBS IN ORDER TO COLLECT
UNEMPLOYMENT. THE WORK SEARCH
WAIVER WAS SET TO EXPIRE THIS
WEEKEND UNTIL GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS EXTENDED EARLIER
TODAY IT IS A REPRIEVE FOR
SOME FURLOUGHED WORKERS AS
WELL AS THOSE WHO CAN'T WORK
FOR PANDEMIC RELATED REASONS
BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFIT
PROGRAMS WITH SIMILAR
REQUIREMENTS.
IT INSIDE INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER VICTORIA PRICE
DIGGING INTO THAT TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE IS THAT
SNAP BENEFITS, BUT YOU MAY
KNOW IS FOOD STAMPS ALSO HAVE
CERTAIN WORK SEARCH
REQUIREMENTS THAT SUMMER CBN
SAY JUST AREN'T REASONABLE AT
THIS POINT IN THE PANDEMIC AND
WAS JUST COUNTLESS E-MAILS ONE
RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER AND
PHONE CALLS FOR DAYS COMMUNITY
ACTIVIST VANESSA BRITO WAGED A
CAMPAIGN URGING THE GOVERNOR
TO CONTINUE WAIVING WORK
SEARCH REQUIREMENTS. I KIND OF
WAS EXPECTING IT BUT.
YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S BEEN
TOUCH AND GO FOR THE LAST
COUPLE DAYS AND FRIDAY BROUGHT
THAT 11TH HOUR EXTENSION ONE
DAY BEFORE THE SUSPENSION WAS
SET TO EXPIRE.
THAT MEANS FOR NOW YOU
DON'T NEED TO APPLY FOR JOBS
TO COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT.
SOMETHING BRITO CALLS CRUCIAL
FOR THOSE WHO EVENTUALLY HAVE
JOBS TO GO BACK TO OR CAN'T
WORK RIGHT NOW FOR COVID
RELATED REASONS REALLY UNFAIR
TO THESE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO
HOLD ON TO THEIR POSITIONS AND
AND IN SOME CASES ARE THEY
WELL MAY COME BACK IN A WEEK
OR MAYBE A MONTH. THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES TELLS 8 ON YOUR SIDE
SIMILAR WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR
FOOD STAMPS HAVE ALSO JUST
BEEN WAIVED BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC ADULTS UNDER THE AGE
OF 50 RECEIVING THOSE BENEFITS
HAVE TO PROVE THEY SPEND 80
HOURS A MONTH WORKING OR
LOOKING FOR WORK I THINK IT
WOULD HURT MORE PEOPLE THAN IT
WOULD HELP. YOU KNOW THERE
AREN'T THAT MANY JOBS
AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT NOT
EVERYONE AGREES HOWEVER SOME
AMERICANS ARE GETTING BACK TO
WORK. DATA RELEASED FRIDAY BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SHOWS
THE U.S. ECONOMY ADDED NEARLY
1.4 MILLION JOBS IN AUGUST.
BRINGING THE NATIONAL
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO ITS
LOWEST POINT SINCE THE START
OF THE PANDEMIC BUT ECONOMISTS
SAY THESE ARE MOSTLY
FURLOUGHED WORKERS RETURNING
TO THEIR JOBS, NOT THE
CREATION OF NEW JOBS FOR THOSE
WHO LOST THEIRS ENTIRELY DANE
EAGLE THE NEWLY APPOINTED DEO
DIRECTOR COMING UNDER FIRE
THIS WEEK FOR A PREVIOUS TWEET
THAT READ THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER SHOULD NOT HAVE THEIR
DOLLARS USED TO PAY PEOPLE
MORE TO STAY HOME.
NOW WHILE THE WORK SEARCH
REQUIREMENTS FOR SNAP BENEFITS
HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED THROUGH
OCTOBER. RECIPIENTS WILL HAVE
TO GO ON AND RECERTIFY TO
RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS THAT IS
