Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings slams Gov. DeSantis executive order ending all COVID-19 rulings
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings slams Gov. DeSantis’ executive order ending all COVID-19 rulings
Just last week, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced a three-phase plan for the mask mandate in the county. He said he found Monday’s announcement confusing and surprising.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Just last week, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced a three-phase plan for the mask mandate in the county.
He said he found Monday’s announcement confusing and surprising. In order for the State of Florida to have the type of outcome it should have, it requires communication between the governor and the entire state and that has not happened in this case, and that has been the M.O. of the governor and the people of Florida deserve better, Mayor Demings said.
Orange County Rape Crisis Center Faces Uncertain Future Amid Budget Cuts
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is facing dramatic funding cuts, leaving the nonprofit uncertain of the future of its programs and services.
Founded in 1979, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, or OCRCC, serves approximately 600 survivors of rape and sexual trauma each year through free counseling, crisis support, hospital and court accompaniment and support groups.
Now, the fate of those services is unclear as the OCRCC faces a 25 percent loss in funding for the 2021 fiscal year due to budget cuts with the Victims of Crime Act.
The Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA, was passed by U.S. Congress in 1984 to establish the Crime Victim’s Fund. These funds, which are generated by fines paid by federal criminals, support services to six million victims annually through more than 6,000 direct service organizations – such as domestic violence shelters, child abuse treatment programs and rape crisis center
Orlando mother Ruth Jacques, distraught over the fatal injuries her son suffered during childbirth, couldn't sue her doctor because of an obscure state law. When.
Orange County Rape Crisis Center Faces Budget Cuts Thanks to Federal Government
From a December 2020 protest at Hope Community Church.
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center (OCRCC) will lose a quarter of its budget, about $300,000, in the coming fiscal year thanks to funding decreases at the federal level. This shortfall, announced in the midst of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, means that nearly half of the nonprofit s staff will be laid off.
It s the first time layoffs have been necessary since the 2008 recession.
âThis is going to be hard, but we re not going away,â Rachel Valentine, the executive director of OCRCC, told the