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How is Orange County Addressing Homelessness? <br /> <br />2021-2022 Orange County Grand Jury Page 8 <br /> <br />Major Funding Sources Overseen by the CoC <br />A variety of federal, state, and county restrictive grants with specific uses required make up the <br />funding that the CoC allocates.19 <br />CoC Process to Address Homelessness <br />OCGJ sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the CoC contracts under each pillar using the data <br />from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) which is the shared database of all <br />homeless services providers required by HUD for CoC’s and maintained by the non-profit 211 <br />OC. <br />1. Prevention - CoC investments in homeless prevention, include rental and utility assistance, <br />as well as housing vouchers, and are measured as “increased income” in the graph below. <br />The CoC system does not represent the only County of Orange expenditures to prevent <br />homelessness. The County allocates significant amounts of funding to prevent individuals <br />and families from becoming homeless as outlined later in this report. <br /> <br /> <br />19 Grant sources include: American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA)*, Business, Consumer and Housing Agency, <br />COVID 19 Tenant Relief Act (BCSH)*, California Emergency Solution Housing (CESH), Consolidated <br />Appropriations Act for Rental Assistance (CAA), Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security A ct (CARES)*, <br />Federal Continuum of Care fund (CoC), Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP), Homeless Housing Assistance <br />Prevention (HHAP), HUD Emergency Shelter Grant program (ESG), HUD Housing Community Development <br />(HCD), Orange County General Fund (GF). * COVID Related Funding. <br />831 <br />9045 <br />723 <br />6785 <br />0 <br />1000 <br />2000 <br />3000 <br />4000 <br />5000 <br />6000 <br />7000 <br />8000 <br />9000 <br />10000 <br />2020 2021 <br />Prevention Performance <br />Client Contacts Increased Income