Downtown Orlando needs full-time drop-in center for homeless, leaders say
“‘We want to explore the idea,’ said Shelley Lauten, CEO of the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness. ‘In any community that we’ve studied, a drop-in center for people as they’re waiting for housing becomes critically important. It’s a way to get them connected to services, to provide them a place to go during the day, to give them a place to take a shower.’”