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After Glitch, Delayed DC Family Leave Payments Are Going Out

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Hundreds of families in the D.C. area will soon be getting their paid family leave checks from the dc government after a computer problem left them waiting for weeks.

The delay was attributed to a computer problem that affected dozens of states across the country. It crippled the District's paid family leave online portal almost two weeks ago.

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More than 750 families who were scheduled to receive their checks were left waiting. On Thursday, Unique Morris-Hughes, the director of the D.C. Department of Employment Services, said checks should be arriving in the next two days.

"Payments will be pushed out this evening," Morris-Hughes said Thursday. "Folks should start seeing them in their bank accounts [within] 24 to 48 hours."

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