{"id":46611,"date":"2020-05-02T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46611"},"modified":"2020-05-02T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T20:30:29","slug":"florida-department-of-economic-opportunity-provides-reemployment-assistance-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/05\/florida-department-of-economic-opportunity-provides-reemployment-assistance-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Provides Reemployment Assistance Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)\u00a0issued reemployment assistance updates on the\u00a0Reemployment Assistance (RA) Claims Dashboard<\/a>.\u00a0As of May\u00a01, DEO has verified 993,138 unique claims and paid 435,060 claimants a total of more than $621 million.\u00a0

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance: The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program provides unemployment benefits to those that may not otherwise be eligible under Florida\u2019s state Reemployment Assistance program, including independent contractors and individuals who are self-employed. Individuals who have been impacted by COVID-19 and believe they may be eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, can visit\u00a0www.FloridaJobs.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and select “File a Claim” to apply and be considered for PUA.

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for PUA Application Process.

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for PUA Frequently Asked Questions.

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for COVID-19 Employment Scenarios.\u00a0

Applicants should utilize the following criteria when applying for PUA: Individuals who applied for the state\u2019s Reemployment Assistance benefits on or after April 5, 2020,\u00a0and were deemed ineligible for state Reemployment Assistance benefits will receive additional application information from the Department.\u00a0They can also visit\u00a0www.FloridaJobs.org\/cares-act<\/a>\u00a0for more information regarding these programs.

Pursuant to the requirements of the CARES Act, 20 C.F.R. 625.4, and section 443.036, F.S., those who are self-employed, contract employees, gig workers, or others who applied for the state\u2019s Reemployment Assistance benefits on or before April 4, 2020, should apply at\u00a0www.FloridaJobs.org<\/a>\u00a0and select \u201cFile a Claim\u201d to request PUA.
Unemployed Floridians who have not yet applied for any benefit should apply at\u00a0www.FloridaJobs.org<\/a>\u00a0and will be considered for all existing programs, including PUA.\u00a0

ADDITIONAL UPDATES:<\/strong> DEO will be continuing to process claims and making payments over the weekend and will be unavailable to existing claimants. This schedule does not affect individuals that wish to file a new claim.\u00a0Individuals can file a new claim 24 hours a day, seven days per week at\u00a0<\/strong>www.FloridaJobs.org<\/a>\u00a0and select “File a Claim.”<\/strong>
Individuals who have questions regarding their claim can call 1-833 FL APPLY (1-833-352-7759) 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. General questions that are not claim specific can be answered 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Claimants can log-in again starting Monday, May 4 at 8:00 a.m.\u00a0

HOW TO APPLY FOR REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE:<\/strong> DEO has a mobile-friendly online application for individuals filing a new Reemployment Assistance claim available\u00a0here<\/a>. For a step by step guide on how to apply read more\u00a0here<\/a>. For the Reemployment Assistance Resource Guide which includes frequently asked questions, please click\u00a0here<\/a>. For additional information about Reemployment Assistance benefits visit\u00a0www.FloridaJobs.org\/COVID-19<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
About DEO<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity combines the state\u2019s economic, workforce, and community development efforts, expediting economic development projects to fuel job creation in competitive communities and promote economic resiliency. For more information, including valuable resources for employers and job seekers, please visit\u00a0www.FloridaJobs.org<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)\u00a0issued reemployment assistance updates on the\u00a0Reemployment Assistance (RA) Claims Dashboard.\u00a0As of May\u00a01, DEO has verified 993,138 unique claims and paid 435,060 claimants a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}