“My sister is already in the system, so she was like, do it as soon as possible because it takes time,” she said. She said it took about two weeks for the verification process to go through and once it did, she started trying to claim for weeks. “Every time I try to … request those benefits, they say I’m disqualified,” she said. “There’s supposed to be in the portal a little section where you can click on it and it should show you why, but there’s no information when I click on it.” Delfina is among the hundreds of thousands of Floridians who lost their jobs during the pandemic. If she ends up qualifying for benefits, she could also receive an enhanced federal unemployment payment of $300 a week through March 13, 2021, under the CARES Act Extension signed into law Sunday. The relief package will also provide those eligible with additional weeks of benefits.