Coalition for the Homeless to build new men's center with more services

Coalition for the Homeless to build new men's center with more services
Kate Santich Sentinel Staff Writer
8:43 PM EDT, May 11, 2009
ORLANDO - The Coalition for the Homeless announced Monday that it will build a new two-story residential center next to its old shelter in Orlando's Parramore neighborhood, providing up to 250 men with the counseling and training they need to steer them toward self-sufficiency.

Using federal funds from Community Development Block Grant programs, Orange County is funneling $5 million into the project and the city of Orlando will devote $1.6 million, potentially ending a long and sometimes-bitter fight over how to help single homeless men in the area.

"Today is a historic day," said the coalition's president and chief executive officer, Brent Trotter. "This new facility will allow us to provide more than a meal and a place to sleep for the night. … No longer will there be this waking [them] up in the early morning and sending them off to the streets for the day."

Over the past 22 years, the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida has grown from a church-outreach program to the largest provider of homeless services in the Orlando region, serving 650 men, women and children on an average night.
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Coalition for the Homeless to build new men's center with more services