Health

New peer respite center opens in Orlando for mental health, a first for Central Florida

The home-like center offers a comfortable, nonclinical space for people to get support from professionals with lived experience.

By McKenna Schueler

Eva's Casita, a peer respite center run by the local nonprofit Peer Support Space, officially opened its doors two months ago — the first of its kind in Central Florida, and the first and only in the nation designed and led by LGBTQ+ mental-health advocates. Located in a quiet residential neighborhood just south of downtown Orlando, the new center — staffed with a peer support specialist 24/7 — looks like a normal home on the outside, and largely on the inside as well, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two community rooms, plus a kitchen and a sunroom...

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July 24, 2024

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