Item 11 - Agreement for Eviction Prevention Program with Families Forward, Inc.

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4 the County’s new countywide 2-year Prevention and Stabilization Pilot Program. We are also part of an Irvine-led Eviction prevention program and chair the county-wide eviction diversion task force, which looks at intersectionality between courts and the intervention offered by service providers such as ours. We also work with private grantors on prevention initiatives. We are currently concluding a grant from San Diego Gas and Electric which provided over $200,000 of rental assistance to their customers in Orange County, worked with Providence Hospital on a prevention program that focused on direct payments to residents in need, and are working with the Samueli Foundation on a new countywide prevention initiative. We partner with a large variety of nonprofit organizations, including Fair Housing, United Way, Human Options, Providence Hospital, South County Outreach, Abrazar, Family Assistance Ministries, Laura’s House, and the Family Solutions Collaborative, to ensure that residents get the supportive services they need beyond rental assistance, and will bring that expertise to this work. In addition to our past experience, Families Forward currently operates an agency budget of over $12 million with a healthy amount of reserves making it feasible for the agency to expend the grant amount of $730,046 before reimbursement is received from the City of Santa Ana. Families Forward understands the importance of having a diverse funding base. The strength of our budget comes from a balanced approach of government, corporate, foundation and individual contributions to implement programs and services. Funding comes from government grants, private foundation and corporate grants, and the community through contributions and in-kind donations. We are proud to share, for the 14th consecutive year, that we have earned Charity Navigator’s top 4-Star rating, placing our agency among the top 2% of rated charities nationwide. Additionally, Families Forward was recently awarded the 2024 Platinum Seal of Transparency. Due to Families Forward's exemplary management of resources, an extensive volunteer corps, and thousands of in-kind donations, 90% of financial contributions directly fund programs and services for our clients. This further highlights Families Forward’s financial capacity to manage and expend ERA2 funding from the City of Santa Ana. Families Forward operates as an access point in the Central and South Service Planning Areas and recognizes the need to have a physical presence in both SPAs. Our Santa Ana EXHIBIT 2