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Benefits delay for furloughed accounts receivable employee finally over After 30 weeks, single mom gets benefits with the help of DEO, News 6 Updated:  Tags:  Josephine Otero said the long 30-week wait for her unemployment benefits forced her into a financial black hole with a lot of bills and no way to pay them. “Whatever I had in savings is basically gone,” the single mother said. “It’s very hard to support two children and try to survive.” [TRENDING: ] Otero was furloughed in March 2020 from an accounts receivables project with Orlando-based JBT Aero Tech, a ground support e...

Ad However, in the middle of March 2020, the job opportunities stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She said her only paycheck came during training to work at an early voting poll from Oct. 17, 2020 to Nov. 1, 2020 and that created a glitch in the DEO Connect system. “They keep saying they think I’m employed full time,” Nasset said. “Everything (on the DEO account) says ‘hold, hold, hold.’” Nasset said she refused to give up and turned to News 6 as her last hope. News 6 contacted the DEO last week to present her situation to the state agency’s reemployment team. Wednesday...

News 6 helps unemployed military veteran claim jobless benefits Former Marine waited 10 months for DEO to issue back unemployment funds Tags:  A retired Central Florida Marine has finally been able to claim a major portion of his state and federal benefits after News 6 and the Department of Economic Opportunity worked to update an unemployment account on hold for 10 months. Dave Brulotte served in the Marines as crew chief of an amphibious assault vehicle between 1988 and 1991. [TRENDING: Ad He told News 6 he was injured in January 1991 and held various jobs through the years from working...

News 6 viewers donate $1,200 stimulus check to struggling family Loss of hours has Longwood family on financial brink Tags:  Since the pandemic Atira Moten has had her hours cut from her remote job with a medical records company to the point where her car has been repossessed and she soon could be evicted from her home. “I’m to the point now where I have to prioritize whether I’m going to feed my children or pay my bills,” she said. With two children, 11 and 3, Moten had hoped to receive unemployment help from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity but a benefits denial f...

Taylor Swift is spreading the wealth this holiday season and helping some of those struggling to make ends meet during the coronavirus crisis.