Other Resources

OIG Useful Links

• Reemployment Assistance (RA) Program

  Reemployment Assistance (also called reemployment assistance insurance) provides temporary wage replacement benefits to qualified individuals who are out of work through no fault of their own. Please select the area of your concern:

  • File a Claim for RA Benefits
  • File an Appeal for RA Claims
  • Report RA Fraud or Overpayments

  Reemployment Assistance fraud is a serious offense that can result in prosecution and incarceration. If you are aware of an individual that is fraudulently receiving benefits, you should immediately contact the Florida Department of Commerce.
  
  

• Rebuild Florida

  Rebuild Florida is a program of the Florida Department of Commerce created to help Florida’s long-term recovery efforts from recent hurricanes. The state of Florida is committed to helping homeowners, small businesses and communities affected by these storms.

• Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF)

  The Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) is designed to mitigate financial hardships associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by preventing homeowners’ mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, and displacements, as well as by providing assistance with home energy services, internet, property and/or flood insurance, property taxes, and homeowner or condominium association fees.

  Established under Section 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, HAF provides $676,102,379 in financial assistance to the state of Florida through the United States Department of the Treasury. Florida Commerce has been designated to manage and operate HAF on behalf of the state of Florida.

  CONTACT US
  Phone: 833-987-8997
  Email: HomeownerAssistanceFund@commerce.fl.gov

• Office for Civil Rights

  Other avenues of reporting complaints include: Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO); Sexual Harassment; and Retaliation complaints are handled by:

  Office for Civil Rights

   

• The Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR)

  The Commission was established by the Florida Legislature to investigate and resolve discrimination complaints in the areas of:

  • Employment
  • Housing
  • Public Accommodations
  • Florida's Whistle-blower's Act

  Florida Commission on Human Relations (FEPA)
  2009 Apalachee Parkway, Suite 100
  Tallahassee, FL 32301
  Phone: 850-488-7082
  Website: http://fchr.state.fl.us

• Whistle-blower's Act (F.S. 112.3187-112.31895)

  Whistle-blower's Act (F.S. 112.3187-112.31895)

  Are you aware of serious allegations of wrongdoing on the part of a public employer or independent contractor? Are you also a State employee, former State employee, State Agency contract employee or Applicant for State employment? If yes, you may qualify for whistle-blower protection including confidentiality of your name and identity in accordance with the Whistle-blowers Act.
  
  For more information about the provisions of the Whistle-blower's Act, please view the Whistle-blower's Hotline Brochure.
  
  In order to request whistle-blower protection, you must report your information to certain entities including the Agency Inspector General's office. You may use the The Chief Inspector General's Whistleblower Form for your convenience (This form is intended only for a State employee, former State employee, State Agency contract employee or Applicant for State employment.)
  
  Whistle-blower Hot Line: 1-800-543-5353

  USDOL OIG Hotline: Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

  200 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Room S-5506
  Washington, DC 20210
  Telephone: 202-693-6999 or 1-800-347-3756
  Email