Our Work

The Framily Support Network fights for systems that uphold dignity, expand opportunity, and ensure every Central Florida resident has the stability they deserve. Our work focuses on the policies and structures that shape people’s lives — and the gaps that allow too many to fall through.

We center lived experience, confront systemic failures, and push for reforms that create long-term, community-wide change.

Housing Justice

Housing in Central Florida is in crisis, and the communities most affected are the ones with the least power in the current system. We believe housing is a human right — not a privilege reserved for those who can afford skyrocketing rents or navigate an inequitable market. FSN fights to dismantle the policies that fuel displacement, instability, and homelessness, and to replace them with solutions rooted in dignity, fairness, and community need.

FSN is proud to work alongside Florida Rising as a member of the Orange County Housing Justice Committee, where our President, Aaron Lewis, collaborates directly with county leadership on meaningful policy reform. Together, we are advancing an ordinance that would hold landlords accountable for maintaining safe, habitable properties — ensuring that families are not forced to live in unsafe or unhealthy conditions simply because they cannot afford legal battles or alternative housing.

We are also pushing for a long-overdue shift in how Orange County defines “affordable housing.” Current standards are wildly disconnected from the actual income levels of Central Florida residents. FSN advocates for a definition that reflects real household earnings — not inflated regional averages — so that affordability policies truly serve the people who need them most.

Our housing justice work includes:

  • Supporting the creation of landlord accountability ordinances

  • Redefining “affordable housing” to align with local income data

  • Expanding low-barrier shelter options and emergency housing resources

  • Strengthening tenant protections and preventing unjust evictions

  • Centering lived experience in housing policy decisions

We fight for a Central Florida where housing is safe, accessible, and genuinely affordable — because stability should never be out of reach for the people who make this region run.

Domestic Violence & Trafficking Prevention

Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking deserve systems that protect them, believe them, and help them rebuild their lives — not systems that trap them in cycles of fear, instability, and red tape. Yet in Central Florida, survivors regularly face overwhelming barriers when seeking safety: long waits for services, limited shelter space, fragmented systems, and policies that do not reflect the realities of their situations.

The Framily Support Network is actively working to change that.

FSN’s CEO, Kayla Bronson, is actively involved in the development of Central Florida’s first Family Justice Center (FJC) — a transformative collaboration with Harbor House and other community partners aimed at creating a one-stop hub where survivors can access comprehensive services under one roof. The FJC model reduces retraumatization, improves safety outcomes, and increases survivors’ ability to access justice without navigating a complex maze of agencies.

FSN also serves on the Orange County Domestic Violence Task Force, where we help examine systemic gaps, uplift survivor experiences, and advocate for policy reforms that prioritize trauma-informed practices, service accessibility, and coordinated community response.

Our advocacy in this area includes:

  • Supporting the development and launch of the Family Justice Center

  • Strengthening cross-agency coordination and trauma-informed practices

  • Expanding safe and rapid housing options for survivors

  • Reducing bureaucratic barriers that limit survivor access to protection and resources

  • Ensuring policies reflect the lived realities of survivors and their families

We believe every survivor deserves safety, stability, and the chance to reclaim their future — and we fight for systems that make that possible.

Community Resilience & Poverty Policy

Poverty and instability in Central Florida are deeply intertwined with the systems that marginalize working families, seniors, caregivers, and immigrant communities. Many of our neighbors face impossible choices because the policies shaping their lives fail to reflect their realities. When wages don’t match the cost of living, when public systems are inaccessible, and when immigrant families are excluded from critical supports, entire communities are pushed to the edge of crisis.

FSN works to strengthen community resilience by advancing policies that expand opportunity, dismantle harmful barriers, and ensure every resident — regardless of income, background, or immigration status — can live with dignity and stability.

A key part of this work is our involvement in the Immigrants Are Welcome Here Coalition, where we stand alongside partners advocating for fair, humane, and community-centered immigration policies. Immigrant families are critical to Central Florida’s workforce, culture, and economy, yet many remain vulnerable due to systemic inequities, fear of retaliation, language barriers, or exclusion from essential services. FSN advocates for policies that protect immigrant communities, increase access to resources, and promote safe, welcoming environments across the region.

Our community resilience and poverty policy work includes:

  • Supporting economic justice initiatives that align wages with the true cost of living

  • Advocating for immigrant inclusion in local services, protections, and supports

  • Uplifting the needs of undocumented and mixed-status families navigating instability

  • Strengthening senior housing stability and protections for fixed-income households

  • Reducing red tape and access barriers across public systems

  • Working with coalition partners to address policy gaps that disproportionately harm low-income and immigrant communities

Central Florida’s strength comes from its people — diverse, resilient, and deeply rooted in community. We fight for policies that recognize that resilience, uplift it, and ensure no one is left behind because of their income, identity, or immigration status.