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Guest Readers Month Engages Residents, Champions Early Childhood Literacy

With an ambitious goal of attracting 1,000 community volunteers into its classrooms, Orange County Head Start is ready to kick off its 2024 Guest Readers Month Campaign. Observed annually throughout the month of April, the campaign champions early childhood literacy by inviting area residents to Head Start centers for a classroom reading. Organizers say...

Orlo Vista Flood Mitigation Project Approaches Milestone

*In March 2023, Orange County Stormwater Management excavators began digging muck out of three drained retention ponds in the Orlo Vista neighborhood of Orange...

Rapid Rehousing Services Provided for Orange County Homeless Young Adults with HIV

Orange County Health Services Department was recently awarded a $1M SURE (Supporting Replication of Housing Interventions in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program) grant from...

Resource Fair Targets Soon-to-be-Released Inmates

Event Offers Hope for the Future The Orange County Corrections Department recently hosted an internal resource fair for inmates with a release date within...

Community & Services

Guest Readers Month Engages Residents, Champions Early Childhood Literacy

With an ambitious goal of attracting 1,000 community volunteers into its classrooms, Orange County Head Start is ready to kick off its 2024 Guest Readers Month Campaign. Observed annually throughout the month of April,...

Orlo Vista Flood Mitigation Project Approaches Milestone

*In March 2023, Orange County Stormwater Management excavators began digging muck out of three drained retention ponds in the Orlo Vista neighborhood of Orange County to prevent flooding, and the great news is that...

Resource Fair Targets Soon-to-be-Released Inmates

Event Offers Hope for the Future The Orange County Corrections Department recently hosted an internal resource fair for inmates with a release date within 90 days or less. The fair connected inmates with community partners for reentry assistance prior to being released. Among the providers onsite at the jail were Staff Zone, Aspire Health...

Public Health & Safety

Rapid Rehousing Services Provided for Orange County Homeless Young Adults with HIV

Orange County Health Services Department was recently awarded a $1M SURE (Supporting Replication of Housing Interventions in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources...

Zero Fatalities: Orange County Adopts Vision Zero Strategies to Save Lives

Each year, more than 42,000 people are killed on American streets, and thousands more are injured. In 2022, there were 209 fatalities and 1,208 severe injuries on Orange County roadways, as the Orange-Kissimmee-Sanford metro...

What’s in a Name?

Whenever Belgian immigrant Lynx Tepatondele Teta Delozege heard sirens outside his Central Florida home, one thought always crossed his mind: “I should become a firefighter.” The  Central Florida transplant’s journey to the Orange County Fire Department was not easy. Delozege faced many challenges along the way… not the least annoying of which was his...

Business

Orange County Construction Update: Kirkman Road Extension Moving Ahead

With Universal’s Epic Universe theme park scheduled to open by the summer of 2025, road construction has begun on the Kirkman Road extension project — the addition of 1.7 miles of road that will...

Orange County Consumer Protection Office Helping Victims of Fraud

Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. If you believe you are a victim of fraud or unfair business practices, you...

Orange County’s Budget Addresses Top Priorities for Resident Quality of Life

One of Orange County Government’s most important budget functions is to invest in all aspects of the local community to enhance the quality of life for residents. Mayor Jerry L. Demings has made his priorities clear when it comes to his “Four Pillars” of government focus, which include Housing and Urban Development, Mental Health,...