U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.47 billion to renew funding to more than 7,100 local homeless programs operating across the country. The funding announced today will ensure these housing and service programs remain operating in 2012 and are a critical part of the Obama Administration’s strategic plan to prevent [...]
Today, Homeless Services Network held its annual Homeless Persons Memorial Day in partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Orlando (FPCO). The ceremony featured moving words from Pastor Case Thorp of FPCO, Cathy Jackson of Homeless Services Network, and City Commissioner Robert Stuart. Carolann Duncan, Homeless Services Network Board Chair, read aloud the names of 36 [...]
The Homeless Services Network of Central Florida will hold a candlelight memorial on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in the chapel at First Presbyterian Church, 106 East Church Street, Orlando to commemorate the lives of our homeless neighbors who died in Central Florida during the past year. For many of the individuals who [...]
