Orlando Church Teams Up With CareerSource to Help Workers
ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando church, Iglesia Episcopal Jesus de Nazaret, will help about 20 people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic learn new skills to become…
Hispanic Groups Work to Reach Underserved Communities With COVID-19 Vaccine
Officials said it was an effort to make vaccine distribution more equitable. ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Hispanic organizations and leaders will help vaccinate 500 Central Florida residents, the majority of…
Orlando Church Helping Asylum Seekers With Food, Application
By: Jesse Canales, Spectrum News 13 The majority of people who attend the Christ the King Epicospal Church food pantry came from Latin American countries to seek asylum in America. One…
Hispanic Heritage Month: Priest helps Puerto Rican families displaced by Maria
https://youtu.be/DyOtlLaVJkg ORLANDO, Florida — Father Jose Rodriguez leads a local church in Azalea Park and has helped hundreds of Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria. “After Maria, people land and…
FEMA’s housing assistance program for Puerto Rican families ends
About 40 families displaced from Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria may end up on the streets of Central Florida. (Spectrum News image) BY PAULA MACHADO ORANGE COUNTY ORLANDO, Fla. — FEMA's Transitional Sheltering…
Soto: FEMA extends TSA housing for Puerto Rican families
The Figueroa family prepared to leave a hotel room in Altamonte Springs hours before FEMA granted an extension to its housing assistance program for Puerto Rican evacuees in April 2018.…
Kissimmee home to be transformed into center for newly arrived Latino families
EOLA is meant to serve mainly Hurricane Maria survivors from Puerto Rico and Venezuelan arrivals. (Stephanie Bechara, staff) KISSIMMEE, Fla. — An Osceola County home is being transformed into a center…