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Department of Economic Opportunity Director Dane Eagle presented an aggressive blueprint to revamp the struggling Connect unemployment system on Monday with a proposed expense sheet of $73.3 million over the next two fiscal years.
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The findings of a three-month analysis of the Department of Economic Opportunity’s aging Connect system is scheduled to be presented Monday in Tallahassee to the state Senate Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
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Temporary jobs block months of DEO unemployment benefits for 2 single moms Returned to work status never removed from state records Updated: Tags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Alicia Warren and Alexandra Marshall blame the Department of Economic Opportunity for leaving their families without thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits. Warren, a single mother of three, told News 6 she earned about $184 at a temporary job with Manpower USA only to lose the job after a week. “I just got a letter (from DEO) saying, ‘Congratulations on returning to work,’” Warren said. “I thought, Are you ...
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Retired medical supervisor one of millions still waiting for 2019 tax refund IRS: 6.7 million tax returns are in the ‘processing pipeline’ Updated: Tags: Karen Pickelsimer has been waiting since Feb. 20, 2020 for last year’s income tax refund that includes the $3,394 she is owed. “I’ve never heard of anybody not getting their income tax back in 11-months,” Pickelsimer said. “This is the first time I’ve encountered such grief!” The retired medical supervisor sent an email to News 6 after an IRS staffer told her it would take eight weeks for them to get to her tax return ...
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Department of Economic Opportunity asked an older woman to return $3,300 in unemployment benefits.