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<br />of Santa Ana also participated in the development of the regional Continuum of <br />Care strategy by providing valuable mainstream fund information and assigning key <br />staff to participate in the Orange County Continuum of Care Community Forum. <br />The Community Forum was responsible for establishing the gaps and priority needs <br />for the County's 2004 and 2005 associated application for Super NOFA homeless <br />funds. <br /> <br />E. OTHER ACTIONS <br /> <br />1. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS OBSTACLES TO MEETING UNDERSERVED NEEDS: According to the <br />City's 2000-2004 Consolidated Plan, Santa Ana's under-served include the elderly <br />and frail elderly, individuals with HIV/AIDS, individuals with physical or mental <br />disabilities, youth, homeless and extremely low-income households, During the <br />report period, the City continued its efforts to address the needs of these <br />populations. These efforts include the following: <br /> <br />· The City continued support for housing for the elderly and frail elderly. The <br />housing needs of seniors are met though various means: there are 855 senior <br />only units in various senior housing projects throughout the City. Also, the SAHA <br />provided rental assistance to 1,064 senior households during the report period. <br />The Council on Aging of Orange County's Linkages and Delhi Center programs <br />ensured 105 seniors had access to much needed referral and socialization <br />services, Additionally the Feedback Foundation provided daily meals to 1,468 <br />homebound seniors and seniors utilizing the City's senior citizen centers. <br /> <br />· During the report period, 89 new units were added to the City's inventory of <br />affordable senior housing with the completion of Santiago Villas - five of which <br />are ADA compliant. <br /> <br />· As the administrator of HOPW A funds, the City continued its partnership with the <br />County of Orange to provide tenant based rental assistance and other forms of <br />emergency housing/utility assistance. Two hundred and eight individuals were <br />assisted during the report period with homelessness prevention services. <br />Additionally, HOPW A funds assisted 84 persons with transitional housing and 57 <br />with tenant based rental assistance. Since affordable housing opportunities for <br />persons with HIV/AIDS are limited throughout Orange County, Santa Ana staff <br />continued efforts to develop permanent supportive housing for persons with <br />AIDS. During the report period, HOPWA funds were made available for the <br />acquisition, rehabilitation and/or construction of appropriate housing. <br /> <br />· The 2000 - 2004 Consolidated Plan estimates 14,783 Santa Ana residents with <br />physical or mental disabilities are in need of supportive housing. Building <br />requirements for handicap-accessible units are costly. Due to these costs, <br />developers have been reluctant to undertake the construction of new handicap- <br />accessible units. Nonetheless, the City continued to encourage developers and <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />9/7/05 <br /> <br />190-21 <br />