MARION COUNTY, Fla. – As the coronavirus pandemic leads to more workers across Central Florida being furloughed and laid off, CareerSource is offering curbside pickup of paper unemployment applications, according to a news release.
The Florida Department of Employment Opportunities has had significant issues with accommodating the influx of unemployment applications in the past few weeks, and many have turned to paper applications as calls, emails and online forms are going unanswered. [RELATED: Florida spent $25 million in 2 weeks boosting system for unemployment benefits] “From August 2019 to February 2020 the contact center took a total of 2.3 million calls,” Gov.