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AP-85 Other Actions — 91.220(k) <br />Introduction: <br />The City of Santa Ana will undertake many activities aimed at addressing the needs of the community's <br />underserved populations. Underserved individuals include elderly, persons with a disability, youth, <br />homeless, veterans and very low-income individuals. The City has made several efforts this past yearto <br />address homelessness and will continue these efforts in 2019. The addition of a new Homeless Services <br />Manager and dedicating a full-time Santa Ana Police Department Officer to act as a Homeless Liaison in <br />2018, as well as creating a Quality of Life Team to implement a co�GSlxiNeted response to requests for <br />services by the community on impacts of homelessness has chan'eThe landscape of Santa Ana. In <br />addition, the City Council declared a shelter crisis and lobbigd}r`&tate funding. The City has received <br />$3.6 million in HEAP funds to address homelessness. Masts ni icafif � he addition of the new <br />Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter in Santa Ana thatz ides 200 to ovary emergency shelter <br />A t.ar <br />beds. The City and will continue to fund the ope08W 'f this shelter while w rking with the County of <br />Orange to open a permanent site within the next nths. <br />Actions planned to address obstacle?%6`r`rfee}lrg and <br />In order to serve the unders rved.populatiori"s the City Nniiocks�imite 'resources toward rehabilitating <br />existing housing units -a xpanghe numbe'�faf d ble§zg units for both owners and <br />renters. Housing rehab'Jiftion and atgbisit[ Vddy,dfbbpment of neov rental housing units are examples <br />of these activities The city d local�t' p rofits will Golttmue to provide services for underserved City <br />residents Social3eWces to be -up- v�+tri' Iude progidtps with an emphasis on crime prevention, <br />-ate -]�`Y •;n ',� k Fa. K:ayR a ... <br />interven�tfononU�sGpptg s�ipn fordl�en, youth�a'�fl� m71�es. Programs to service homeless <br />individfialj<mclude Pe rma ` `t,Suppori'i Housing; Taped rehousing, homeless prevention, shelter and <br />zz's <br />street outreach. By focusing re�tQprces ort housing and community needs identified as high priority, the <br />�.�g t i <br />City will be a�'le�;to utilize limite resources rt'Aie efficiently. <br />The City of Santa Ana*lll use ESG funding to help fund the new emergency shelter in the City of Santa <br />3'r <br />Ana to meet the nee ds`ofiindividuals_ underserved and living in places not meant for habitation. In <br />addition, Santa Ana will seek p t P. ditional resources beyond federal and state funds to address these <br />needs. <br />Actions planned to foster and maintain affordable housing <br />In an effort to maintain and foster affordable housing, Santa Ana will continue to seek ways to achieve <br />Annual Action Plan <br />2019 <br />47 <br />OMB Control No: 2S06-0117(exp. 06/30/2018) <br />75C-53 <br />