Getting help filing an unemployment claim in Kansas

A historic number of people are seeking unemployment help.

WE EXPECTUNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMSTO HIT ANOTHER RECORDWHEN THEY ARERELEASED AT 7:30 THISMORNING.NATIONALLY - THOSENUMBERS COULD TOPSEVEN MILLION FOR JUSTTHE PAST WEEK.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER BRYANTMADDRICK IS HERE TOBREAK DOWN OUR LOCALNUMBERS AND HOW TOGET HELP FILING FORUNEMPLOYMENT.ACCORDING TO THEKANSAS DEPARTMENT OFLABOR ...THIS WEEK THERE WEREOVER 50 THOUSANDUNEMPLOYMENTINSURANCE CLAIMS.LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME -THERE WERE OVER 14HUNDRED.A LOT OF PEOPLE ARELOOKING FOR HELP ANDTHE KANSAS SECRETARYOF LABOR SAYS THEY'REGETTING SLAMMED WITHREQUEST.SECRETARY DELIA GARCIASAYS THEY'RE COMPUTERSYSTEM - WHICH IS OVER40 YEARS OLD - IS BEINGPUSHED TO THE BRINK.THERE'S HIGH VOLUME ONTHE WEB AND THEIRPHONE LINE.THE SECRETARY SAYS NOTEVERYONE SHOULD BECALLING.DELIA GARCIA / SECRETARY OFKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"What we're seeing is an immenseamount of callers calling in.

Tosharewith you all, it was one Monday877,000 attempted calls andwe'retrying to reserve that phoneline forpeople who do not have internet.People in the military, peoplewhoare not English speakers andpeopwho have moved to Kansas in thelast 18 months.

That's who theline isreserved for."EVERYONE ELSE INKANSAS IS ADVISED TO GOTO THE STATE'S WEBSITE"GET KANSAS BENEFITSDOT GOV."WE ALSO CHECKED INWITH MISSOURI'SDEPARTMENT OF LABOR.UNEMPLOYED WORKERSARE ENCOURAGED TO FILECLAIMS ONLINE.THE STATE SAYS THEWEBSITE IS AVAILABLE 24-7.WE HAVE A LINK TO BOTHKANSAS AND MISSOURI'SSITES TO FILEUNEMPLOYMENT AT KSHBDOT COM.IN THE NEWSROOM - I'M