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<br />9 <br /> <br /> Homeless Services <br />The City provides a wide-range of services and resources for homeless persons through <br />shelter, outreach, permanent supportive housing, project-based vouchers, and affordable <br />housing opportunities. <br /> <br />»Above: Two parts of a completed mural within Navigation Center by Brian Peterson. <br />In 2023, the City continued working diligently with its partners through the Orange County <br />Continuum of Care to end homelessness in Orange County, beginning with Santa Ana. <br />The City continues to support the Santa Ana Navigation Center 24-hour shelter with 200 <br />beds that serves Santa Ana residents. The site includes a commercial kitchen, men's, <br />women's and family dorms, offices for case management and medical services and an <br />outdoor area for participants and their pets. Guests are offered a robust package of <br />supportive services to transition to permanent housing and to cope with underlying issues <br />causing them to cycle through the system. Illumination Foundation, the selected operator <br />of the shelter, partners with Clarke Lew Medical Corp to provide medical and mental <br />healthcare services, exclusive of substance use counseling for clients onsite at the <br />shelter. <br />In 2023, the City’s Homeless Services Division and partnering agencies contacted 6,568 <br />unique clients through homeless services outreach teams, and 7,950 clients 2 were <br />engaged in case management services. Moreover, 509 individuals were referred into the <br />Carnegie Navigation Center, another 165 were referred to other temporary shelters <br />including the Yale Navigation Center or shelters outside of the county limits, and 776 <br />individuals were exited off the streets3. <br /> <br />2 An individual can be counted more than once if they received services on different dates. <br />3 Exited off the streets means finding temporary shelter, finding an alternate source of housing, reconnecting with family, entering a <br />hospital/health care facility, or other change of living situation.