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■ Women's Transitional Living Center, Interval House and Human Options - focused program efforts on victims of domestic violence. ■ WISEPlace — provided transitional shelter opportunities for homeless elderly women. ■ Mental Health Association of Orange County - worked with the City's mentally ill and substance addicted homeless population. Services provided to these chronic homeless populations included supportive services and access to appropriate housing. ■ Orange County Health Care Agency - operated a proactive outreach program to assist homeless persons with HIV /AIDS living on the streets. A portion of this program was funded with HOPWA. ■ HOPWA Tenant Based Rental Assistance — Funding to assist individuals living with HIV /AIDS maintain independent living situations. Santa Ana did not apply for Continuum of Care Super NOFA funds in 2003 or 2004; however, the City did support the NOFA application of one local nonprofit by providing a Certification of Consistency with the City's Consolidated Plan. (A certification was provided to the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Orange County for their application to HUD for Housing Counseling grant funds.) The City of Santa Ana also participated in the development of the regional Continuum of Care strategy by providing valuable mainstream fund information and assigning key staff to participate in the Orange County Continuum of Care Community Forum. The Community Forum was responsible for establishing the gaps and priority needs for the County's 2003 and 2004 Associated application for Super NOFA homeless funds. At the local level, a Motel Study was completed, which evaluated the impacts of a recently approved ordinance that may place several "hotel" families at risk of becoming homeless. E. OTHER ACTIONS 1. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS OBSTACLES TO MEETING UNDERSERVED NEEDS: According to the City's 2000 -2004 Consolidated Plan, Santa Ana's under - served include the elderly and frail elderly, persons with HIV /AIDS, persons with physical or mental disabilities, youth, homeless and extremely low- income persons. During the report period, the City continued its efforts to address the needs of these populations. These efforts include the following: ■ The City continued support for housing for the elderly and frail elderly. There are 855 senior only units in various senior housing projects throughout the City. The Council on Aging of Orange County's Linkages and Ombudsman programs ensured 1,654 seniors living in rest/guest homes were provided safe and decent 16 9/9/04 19E -19