MyACCESS Lies Confirmed: FL DCF Pretends Portal Is Perfect While Floridians Face Benefit Blackout

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Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) has insisted for over a year that its new MyACCESS portal for SNAP and Medicaid benefits is “rock-solid”—even as record after record revealed it was more “quicksand” than “cornerstone.” 

Emails from frustrated residents piled up on the desk of the Secretary of Family Services, and the system’s own contractor flagged defects from Day 1. 

Yet DCF kept saying all was well—while hundreds of Floridians saw their benefits vanish into the digital abyss. 

Records prove that Florida DCF was fully aware of the problems, yet purposely failed to fully address them.

“No Problems Here!”—Said Every DCF Press Release Ever

Weeks after launch, Deloitte Consulting, the firm hired to maintain the portal, warned of “widespread document upload issues” and recommended a three-month fix window. 

DCF paid for just one month. With a week left, 80 major bugs remained—plenty of time to lose your lunch, your car keys, or your benefits.

When Upload Means “Unseen”

Applicants dutifully scanned birth certificates and rent receipts—only for the portal to swallow them like a black hole, returning “no case number or type” errors. 

Meanwhile, the Director of Eligibility Services insisted on statewide radio ads bragging about efficiency. “We tout our budget surplus,” quipped a community advocate, “but where’s the surplus of working software?”

Hotline to Nowhere

Since December 2023, Community Counselors fielded 2,000 cries of “Hello? Anyone there?” as desperate callers waited on hold for phone interviews they never completed. 

Applicants lost benefits for missing interviews they couldn’t schedule—proof that “user-friendly” is DCF-speak for “user-frenemy.”

Money Down the Digital Drain

The state signed a $12.7 million contract with Deloitte in summer 2022—yet has forked over more than double that as “maintenance” fees. 

The Chief Financial Officer for Social Programs hasn’t explained the ballooning tab, though rumors abound of virtual bug-squashing parties and endless rounds of digital post-it notes.

Fix It Already!

Advocates demand: use that surplus to finally patch the portal, or bring back carrier pigeons. “They knew there was a glitch, but gaslighting claimants was easier than fixing code,” fumed a community organizer. 

Meanwhile, Floridians were left filing paper forms by hand—because nothing says “back to basics” like a clipboard and hope.


 

 

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  2. #PortalToNowhere

  3. #BenefitsBlackout

  4. #DigitalDisasterFL

  5. #HoldMusicHell

  6. #BugBudgetBloat

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  8. #SurplusToSoftware

  9. #GaslightAndDelay

  10. #HotlineHorror

  11. #DeloitteDiggingIn

  12. #FixItOrFaxIt

  13. #CodeOfSilence

  14. #PressReleasePride

  15. #ClipboardComeback

 

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