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 City of Orlando has released the applications for funding under three different programs: Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) The deadline for all of these applications is April 30, 2010. Click the links above to access the applications, or for more information, please visit [...]
The Florida Department of Children and Families has released some video from our Project Homeless Connect event in downtown Orlando last Friday, 12/4.
On December 4, 2009, Project Homeless Connect at the Downtown Orlando Recreation Center assisted 592 clients – despite pouring rain for most of the day. More than 270 volunteers happily took on the challenge and were instrumental in delivering life-changing services. Here’s just a snapshot of the number of services that clients received: 852 meals [...]
On Friday, December 4, 2009, Homeless Services Network (HSN), the City of Orlando, and Orange County are presenting their 4th Project Homeless Connect event in downtown Orlando. Volunteers are needed to make this event a success. Volunteers can perform any of the following tasks: Intake (one-on-one interviews with homeless veterans, completing a simple intake form) [...]
The City of Orlando has issued a new request for proposals (RFP) for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). Please contact the City directly as indicated below with any questions pertaining to their RFP.
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