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<br />V. HOPWA NARRATIVE STATEMENTS <br /> <br />A. GRANTEE AND COMMUNITY OVERVIEW <br /> <br />1. Descriptions of 2004-2005 Activities: As the most populous city in Orange <br />County, Santa Ana has administered the region's federal Housing Opportunities for <br />Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) funds since 1993. During the 2004-2005 report <br />period, HOPWA funds were utilized to support a variety of activities on a regional <br />basis. These services including the following: <br /> <br />· Supportive services and housing offered via contracts with the Orange County <br />Health Care Agency including: <br />· Hospice care <br />· Short-term emergency housing and/or utility assistance <br />· Transitional housing <br />· Housing coordination services <br />· Life skills training workshops and nutrition services <br />· Medical detox-bed services <br /> <br />· Tenant based rental assistance offered via the Housing Authority of the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br /> <br />· Supportive-housing development opportunities. <br /> <br />· Program administration, including preparation of an updated Housing Study. <br /> <br />2. Grant management oversight of project sponsor activities including how <br />recipient was chosen: As the HUD-recipient of HOPWA funding for Orange <br />County, the City of Santa Ana is primarily responsible for grant management and <br />oversight. And while HOPWA funds are critical to meeting the needs of persons <br />with HIV/AIDS, it is not the only resource available - the County of Orange receives <br />and manages additional resources for HIV/AIDS services. In order to ensure the full <br />array of housing and supportive service needs of people living with HIV/AIDS is <br />provided, a regional planning process has been designed and charged with <br />prioritizing the housing/service needs of Orange County's HIV/AIDS population. The <br />Orange County HIV Planning Council has been established for this purpose - the <br />City of Santa Ana is a member of this council. <br /> <br />It is the City of Santa Ana's practice to contract with the County of Orange Health <br />Care Agency (OC HCA) for HIV/AIDS supportive services. (The OC HCA is the <br />primary regional public health service agency.) In turn the OC HCA issues Request <br />For Proposals (RFP) soliciting for program proposals to meet the needs of the <br />County's HIV/AIDS population. While the RFP process is open to all service <br />providers, there is a limited pool of qualified HIV/AIDS service providers in Orange <br />County. During the 2004-2005 report period a contract for supportive services was <br /> <br />41 <br /> <br />9/7/05 <br /> <br />190-45 <br />