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City of Santa Ana CDBG Scope of Work Program Year 2024-2025 (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025) Name of Organization Project Hope Alliance Name of Funded Program Onsite Case Management for Santa Ana Youth Experiencing Homelessness Annual Accomplishment Goal UnduUndu lic�pants anticipated to be served during the 12-month contract period. 35 TOTAL 35 Santa Ana Participants 100% 351 Low Income Participants 100°/, Schedule of Performance (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 Unduplicated Participants 9 8 9 9 36 Program and Funding Description Estimated Invoicing $ 11,162.00 $ 11,161.00 $ 11,162.00 $ 11,162.00 $ 44,647.00 Overview: Our Onsite Case Management Program is designed to help students in Santa Ana who continue to be negatively impacted by the lack of resources, training, and support needed to continue on their academic path post - pandemic. The funding will allow us to serve 60 school -age students in Santa Ana with a wraparound case management model, serving students ages 13-19, under the city's "youth services during and after school" focus. In addition, we will also be serving the socio-emotional needs of a subset of olderyouth under the city s "mental health services" focus. All of our programmingfits under the National objective intended to benefit Low to Moderate Income (LMI) persons, as well as the Consolidated Plan Priority Needs including: "Access to and supply of public services for low-income/youth" as well as "Increase access to and supply of homeless services for extremely low-income" populations, and the goal to "Promote economic opportunity for low-income". Need: Our students face challenges on a daily basis in accessing transportation to and from school, acquiring basic needs such as clothing, school supplies and hygiene, in addition to the challenges that their parents face in supporting their academic, physical, social and emotional needs. The homelessness counts in California rose by 42 percent between 2014 and 2021, while the rest of the country had a 9 percent decrease. Additionally, as of May 2021, the US saw a 37.4% increase in poverty among female -headed single parent households largely due to the pandemic. Note: 70%of our Santa Ana families are single -parent -female -led households. Solution: Project Hope Alliance will commit four case managers to work with Santa Ana students, providing one-on-one case management guidance and supportive resources. PHA's one-on-one coaching/case management sessions delve deep into the deficits that youth experience as a result of the complications of homelessness by reducing absenteeism, providing homework assistance, modeling healthy behaviors and providing feedback to parents and teachers regarding the development of their children. Case managers also offer referrals to community service partners, access to a tutoring team, mentoring, life skills groups, college application guidance, and job acquisition support. They will also address any basic needs that arise such as assisting with any needed identity documentation, health care navigation assistance, personal hygiene needs, etc. We also advocate for transportation assistance to facilitate travel for students to their various schools if none is available. We initially start with an intake and assessment process, which leads to the development of a goal plan, designed to address the barriers to academic success. Our level of engagement increases over time as our team builds trust with the youth and their family, and a deeper understanding of each student's needs and goals. With the trauma already present in their lives, we must do all we can to mitigate re -traumatizing them. Our trauma -informed team EXHIBIT A