More than $73 million is needed over the next two years to revamp Florida’s unemployment system, the head of the state’s unemployment agency said Monday.
State Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle told a Florida Senate committee on Monday that the two-year cost to fix the troubled unemployment system alone would be over $73 million.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has announced a five-year plan to spend millions to fix Florida’s distressed unemployment benefits system that has frustrated millions of people.
State Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle told a Florida Senate committee on Monday that the two-year cost to fix the troubled unemployment system alone would be over $73 million.
The head of the unemployment agency said retaining the current system, which was overwhelmed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, is "not an option."