Please consider this a personal invitation from the HSN staff to attend a memorial service for our colleague Esi Melendez-Torres, who passed away suddenly on Friday, March 11, 2011. She will be buried in Puerto Rico by her family, so this is the only opportunity for colleagues at Lakeside, HSN, partner agencies and former clients [...]
HSN is deeply saddened to report that Esi Melendez, our Seminole County Shelter + Care case manager, passed away on Friday, March 11, after a surgical procedure. We are still numb from the shock of her sudden death. Her family in Puerto Rico is taking care of funeral arrangements which will be held there. HSN [...]
Last Thursday and Friday, 39 case managers attended an outstanding SOAR Training. Cindy Schwartz, Florida’s expert on Continuum-wide implementation of SOAR techniques, was an outstanding trainer who inspired participants, especially when she reported 80-90% success rates for first-time applications for chronically homeless individuals with disabilities! HSN will be following up with all participants in two [...]
HSN is working with the Seminole County Jail to collect data on homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse among inmates of the jail. Volunteers will interview inmates at the jail using a 35-question survey. Interviews will take place in a secure environment that is supervised and controlled by jail staff. Inmates with serious mental health [...]
Yesterday, HSN filed an application for $999,000 in funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs in collaboration with six agencies who would provide direct services: Center for Drug Free Living, Transition House, Seminole Behavioral Healthcare, Health Care Center for the Homeless, Grand Avenue Economic Development Corporation and the Heart of Florida United Way. HSN received [...]
The following announcement comes from Esther L. Washington, Executive Director of Tree of Life Ministries in Orlando: The Tree of Life Ministries of Orlando, Inc. would like to inform you of two opportunities for Homeless Veterans and/or their families. The first opportunity, made possible through the City of Orlando’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) is for [...]
The following message comes from Ann Oliva, the Director of the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs at HUD: Continuum of Care Leadership, Grantees, and Stakeholders – In September of last year, HUD held two national conferences to begin the process of familiarizing communities with the policy and performance requirements that will govern the new [...]
