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Name of Organization Name of Funded Program City of Santa Ana Scope of Work Program Year 2019-20 (August 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) WISEPIace Steps to Independence Annual Accomplishment Goal Unduplicated Particioants anticit Schedule of Performance Unduplicated (estimated) Quarter 1: JUL 1 - SEP 30 Quarter 2: OCT 1 - DEC 31 Quarter 3: JAN 1 - MAR 31 Quarter 4: APR 1 - JUN 30 30 Program and Funding Description the 12-month contract period. 100% 30 Low Income Participants 100% Estimated Invoicing $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 30,000.00 WISEPIace programs help transition unaccompanied homeless women back to self-sufficiency and reunite them with their families. Our core program, Steps to Independence, provides stop -gap housing and healthy meals, meeting the most basic need of homeless women. We then work to develop long term selfsufficiency by addressing employment, medical and mental health challenges, budgeting and housing options. Case managers provide personalized help for each woman to overcome issues that led to homelessness. We support graduates to help them maintain self-sufficiency and become productive members of our community. In 2019, we anticipate serving 100-110 women. The Steps to Independence program is designed to serve the following major groups of women we serve: A. "Steps to Independence" targets women who are victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, are recovering from drug and/or alcohol abuse or who have been referred by an emergency shelter program. Increasingly, it also serves women who have survived a devastating financial reversal. Along with safe and affordable housing, residents receive a variety of support services including case management, required financial empowerment curriculum, employment assistance, clothing, meals, transportation, individual counseling and referrals to other community resources. B. "First Step" targets the growing number of young women who emancipate from the foster care system and are literally landing on the streets with no support system and very few survival skills. C. "Senior Step" provides solutions to the health and job -related challenges facing senior, homeless women. D. "Step Up" provides women with developmental disabilities more intense life skills training and health maintenance in addition to all of the services offered through our "Steps to Independence" program. E. "Positive Step" provides second stage housing for up to 5 WISEPIace graduates for up to two years, continuing their transition to self-sufficiency. Positive Step serves women with the most intensive service needs; women that have been chronically homeless with a contributing condition such as mental illness or drug abuse. F. "SRO" (single room occupancy) is a shorter -term program for women who have income but need a place to stabilize while looking for permanent housing. EXHIBIT A