The Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation (ONIC), in partnership with FAMU Law School, Barry Law School, and the IRS, is offering income tax assistance from now through April 14 to all members in the community, many of whom may qualify for various tax credits this year, including the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Making Work Pay Tax [...]
Date: Tuesday-Wednesday, January 31-February 1, 2012 Time: 8:30 – 4:30 p.m. Location: Center for Drug Free Living, 3670 Maguire Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32803 What is SOAR training? An overview of the Social Security Administration’s disability programs A step-by-step guide to engaging and interviewing potential clients Overview of the application process and the key components for success [...]
HSN will be surveying 15 labor pools in the tri-county area beginning at 5:00 a.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012. The survey is part of HSN’s annual Point-in-Time Count, which is always conducted within the last 10 days of January. Volunteers for our labor pool surveys will go to a [...]
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 [...]
HSN wanted to put the word out that Gloria Brown is looking for help finding her missing brother, Charles Ray Macon. Charles, a 45-year-old black male originally from California, was last known to have been homeless in the Orlando area in 2006. The family says they have no intention to try to persuade him to [...]
The following announcement comes from the Florida Coalition for the Homeless: The Campaign to End Child Homelessness, an initiative of The National Center on Family Homelessness, presents a webinar on trauma-informed care. Homelessness and trauma are inextricably linked. Many people who experience homelessness have also suffered from physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, injury, and [...]
Our partners at Safehouse of Seminole are hiring for the following positions: Certified Child Care Director Executive Assistant to the CEO Victim Service Advocate For more information, please visit the Safehouse of Seminole web site.
As you know, Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday of November. HSN’s CoC Meetings are always on the 4th Tuesday of the month, so our November meeting is scheduled right in the middle of that short week before the holiday. Historically, CoC meetings held that day have been poorly attended, so we asked for a [...]
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