ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – After a trial run Monday didn’t go so well, Orange County will try again Tuesday to allow individuals and families negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic the opportunity to apply for financial assistance.Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Monday afternoon that he was disappointed to see the online application portal for CARES Act money was taken down shortly after opening at 8 a.m.
due to a decision made by staff members to manage the large pool of applicants.Essentially, the mayor said members of his staff opted to allow the first 2,000 people the opportunity to start the application so the workers could then process those applications very quickly and disperse funding.“Our staff had the desire to try to.