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Name of Organization Name of Funded Program City of Santa Ana Inclusionary Scope of Work Program Year 2020-2021 (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021) W ISEPlace Steps to Independence Annual Accomplishment Goal Unduplicated Participants anticipated to be served durin the 12-month contract period. 40 TOTAL I 40 Santa Ana Participants 1 100%1 1 32 Low Income Participants 80% 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 Program and Funding Description Estimated Invoicing $ 11,250.00 $ 11,250.00 $ 11,250.00 $ 11,250.00 $ 45,000.00 CDBG Goal #5 - Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability- Support neighborhood vitality and livability: Strategy 4D - Implement new Neighborhood Improvement Initiatives focusing on residential areas that have been aversely affected by disinvestment and decline. Program and services from a variety of resources will be utilized to achieve positive and sustainable improvements. WISEPlace programs help transition unaccompanied homeless women back to self-sufficiency and reunite them with their families. CDBG funding will support our core program, Steps to Independence, which provides transitional housing, clothing, and healthy meals, meeting the most basic need of homeless women. We then work to develop long-term self-sufficiency 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 2020, we anticipated serving around 100 women through our transitional shelters, however, with current pandemic restrictions our numbers are projected to be lower. The Steps to Independence program is designed to serve the following major groups of women: 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, participants 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. EXHIBIT A