Orlando officials want to keep Pulse assistance center open
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Orlando city officials say they want to keep an assistance center for victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre open for several more years.
The Orlando Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2cEFcd8 ) the city council voted Aug. 29 to pay the Heart of Florida United Way over $123,000 to staff the Orlando United Assistance Center through early November.
Survivors of the June 12 shooting can seek grief counseling, rent assistance and other services at the center. A senior adviser to the city on social services, Lori Pampilo Harris, told the newspaper the center will be needed for "no less than three years."
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The OneOrlando Fund is preparing pay-outs later this month for the families of 49 people killed and dozens more people hurt or affected by the massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub.
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/