LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – After hearing of one family’s struggle to file for unemployment, one Ormond Beach couple felt compelled to give them $3,000.
Stacy Harmon was furloughed from her job at a dentist office in mid-March and ever since had been trying to apply for Florida unemployment benefits, but has yet to receive a single penny because of the ongoing issues with Florida’s unemployment compensation system.
The family, including seven children, closed on their dream home on Valentine’s Day and moved in not knowing that weeks later, Harmon wouldn’t have a salary coming in.
Because of that, she said her husband who is an Orange County firefighter was putting himself more at risk and picking up more overtime shifts to help make up for the