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‘I Feel My Government Has Completely Failed Me’: Thousands Waiting On Unemployment Benefits
The CDLE says of the 664,532 unemployment claims filed since mid-March, there are still 223,298 claims still pending.
By Kati Weis
July 30, 2020
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DENVER (CBS4) – It’s been five months since the pandemic hit Colorado, but some people laid off back in March are still having trouble getting their unemployment money.
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In fact, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says of the 664,532 unemployment claims filed since mid-March, there are still 223,298 claims still pending. But the CDLE says that’s the lowest number since April.
“These are historic levels of claims,” said Cher Haavind, a spokesperson for the department. “With those levels of claims that we’ve never seen before come a lot of questions, confusion, and anxiety from people, because they’ve never been on unemployment before, and number two, it can be a very confusing process.”
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