Orange County forced to shut family assistance application portal again

Orange County forced to shut family assistance application portal again

County officials said they received 50,000 applications this morning in less than two hours for a $1,000 share of federal CARES Act funding. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings had expressed frustration Monday at the short-lived roll out of the assistance program, which the county created with coronavirus-relief funds to help individuals and families hurt economically by mandated restrictions on many businesses imposed to slow the spread of the highly contagious virus.

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