Woman filed for unemployment, still waiting for help

An Overland Park woman lost her job at a restaurant and immediately filed for unemployment.

Now, she said she's going on three weeks without a paycheck.

HOEK ABOUT HER FRUSTRATION.IT’S BEEN THREE WEEKS WITHOUT APAYCHECK FOR KATIE WILLIAMS.I AM JUST STUCK IN LIMBO RIGHTNOW AFTER BEING LAID OFF FROMHER SERVING JOB AT AN OVERLANDPARK RESTAURANT.SHE IMMEDIATELY FILED FORUNEMPLOYMENT IN KANSAS.YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE AVERIFICATION EMAIL AND FROMTHERE YOU WOULD CLICK ON A LINKAND GO IN AND ENTER YOUREMPLOYMENT INFORMATION, BUT SHESTILL HASN’T GOTTEN THAT EMAIL.I HAVE PROBABLY CALLED THE PHONENUMBERS.BECAUSE 1,000 TIMES AND THAT ISNO EXAGGERATION.EVERY TIME YOU CALL.IT’S JUST A BUSY SIGNAL.SHE’S TRIED EVERY AVENUEINCLUDING POSTING TO THE KANSASDEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S FACEBOOKPAGE HUNDREDS OF SIMILARCOMMEN SHOW.SHE’S NOT ALONE.I’M I’M STUFFED A LITTLE BIT OFSAVINGS THAT I DID HAVE ISCOMPLETELY GONE NOW.HE’S NOT JUST WORRIED FORHERSELF, BUT FOR HER DAUGHTERWHO’S ALMOST TOO SHE IS LACTOSEINTOLERANT SO SHE DRINKS ALMONALMOND MILK.JUST THOSE THINGS THAT I COULDEASILY RUN.THE STORE AND GRAB WE’RE RUNNINGOUT OF FUNDS FOR THAT.SO NOW LIKE SO MANY OTHERS.ALL SHE CAN DO IS WAIT.THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED TIMES ANDWE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, BUTI JUST WISH WE COULD H