Deborah Reed is a single mom caught in the unemployment mess that has become the trademark of the Department of Employment Opportunity website.
The furloughed Wyndham Destinations assistant said she turned to relatives to help her support her 81-year old mom and teenage daughter after her savings ran out and her benefits never showed up. “If it wasn’t for them I’d be on the street," she said, “I have nothing, I have zero, not one red cent!” She provided the DEO with copies of her driver’s license, birth certificate and social security card along with a letter from Wyndham confirming she would be furloughed on April 4. “I’m really frustrated,” she said, I have sent them everything, “I mean what else do they want besides my blood type.” State