SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Applicants were struggling to apply for financial relief when Seminole County’s small business CARES Act portal opened for the first time Wednesday.The application opened at 10 a.m.
with more than 700 applicants trying to submit their applications at the same time, the county posted in a tweet.As of 12:30 p.m., the application portal was at a standstill and was overwhelmed around 11 a.m., according to the county.700+ applicants have logged in at once to apply for Seminole CARES https://t.co/AwGE0ehKis Grants, and as a result, the application portal is at a stand-still.