Spring is the perfect time to splash a new coat of color on your home! And that’s exactly what nearly 100 volunteers, staff, and even residents did on April 28th for the formerly-homeless men and women who now live in Pathlight HOME’s Maxwell Terrace Apartments, at Colonial Drive and John Young Parkway. The 338-unit efficiency apartment complex is the first-of-its-kind permanent housing for homeless individuals in Central Florida, opening in 1996. Working the entire day, in t

Suppose life hit you in the face and you found yourself living on $750 per month. Could you do it? Could you pay for the necessities, much less a few frills? How would you budget? Disability Income Quiz Monthly Income = $750 Monthly Expenses:Rent =Medicine =Medical Insurance =Transportation =Utilities =Food =Additional Expenses =Total Monthly Expenses =Amount Remaining = ?? In addition to having been homeless, Pathlight HOME’s Maxwell Terrace and Maxwell Garden Apartments r

The Sobik’s Subs location at 4049 S. Orange Blossom Trail, in front of Maxwell Garden Apartments, offers up an extra-special ingredient to go with its fresh sandwiches and salads! This location is actually a Social Enterprise partnership of Sobik’s Subs and Pathlight HOME, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that changes the lives of homeless and low-income men and women through affordable housing and economic opportunities. As a Social Enterprise, the unique café provides tra

There is currently NO STATE in the nation where a minimum wage job will pay the rent of an apartment at fair market value.

Did you know that 18 percent of the nation’s homeless youth are located in Florida?

There is only ONE affordable rental unit available for every FIVE extremely low-income Florida households whose incomes are at or below 30% of the Area Median Income!

Between 2006 and 2013, the number of homeless youth increased by 80% nationally; in the state of Florida, it spiked by 150%!

Did you know that the homeless population of Florida is the THIRD LARGEST in the nation?

A huge THANK YOU to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida & Universal Orlando Foundation for coming to Pathlight HOME this week with the "Bites, Camera, Action" food truck! Our residents were absolutely thrilled with all the fresh produce, like broccoli, melons, & apples. We are all grateful for your consistent support!

Brian and Mary are homeless and live, at the moment, in a tent in some Orlando woods. They are also both mentally ill. They do the best they can in a society that often does not accept them, even before they even have the chance to talk. Mary is legally blind and Brian believes he is heir to the throne in Ireland. They are also two of the nicest people we have ever met. Brian and Mary also have a beautiful canine friend, Krystal. She protects the possessions that are primari

I feel angry and ashamed at our lack of humanitarian consciousness, especially after meeting a mentally ill member of our community who has struggled to make a difference. This past year, I was involved in helping John Nelson Kull III raise money to refurbish a 20 drop-in center for mentally ill individuals. Nelson, who founded Pathways, suffers from schizophrenia. It was his dream to provide a place where the mentally ill who are homeless could get assistance. His miss

East Orlando group wins grant for a homeless drop-in center. Nelson Kull considers a house in Holden Heights off of South Orange Blossom Trail a gem among the topless bars, check-cashing stores, cheap motels and the heavy street violence and prostitution. Pathways Drop-In Center is a safe haven for the homeless where they can get a meal, play pool, use the Internet and get much needed rest in a room filled with couches and newspaper-covered windows. Fifteen years ago

Jeff is homeless and stays at a makeshift “home” in an empty field under a Verizon Wireless billboard. His mother and brother also are temporary residents in this same field. She sleeps in a small pup tent and Jeff and his brother either sleep on a large piece of cardboard or under tarps spread across the limbs of two trees when it rains. This family also shares something else in common, they are all suffering from mental illness. “Without the Pathways Drop-In Center,

Lesson in reality, fairness a passionate advocate for mental-health treatment, Nelson Kull uses his background as a paranoid schizophrenic to bring about change. Nelson Kull truly did not plan to harm the leader of the free world. He just got caught up in a loudmouthed political discussion many years ago when he publicly vowed to kill then-President Jimmy Carter. The next day, two Secret Service agents arrested Kull, who was 20 at the time, and spent several hours grill