FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF ORANGE COUNTY 2005-06

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CITY OF SANA ANA Community Development Block Grant Scope of Work Annual Accomplishment Goal I. Total number of clients anticipated to be served during 12 -month contract period= 4.600 PERSONS (1,675 households) IL Number of unduplicated Santa Ana residents to be served with grant funds during the 12 - month contract period = 4,375 PERSONS (1,595 households) III. Below is the City performance outcome that our organization will be tracking. COMMUNITY PRIORITY NEEDS: Public Services Activity/Program Outcome Tracking Goal -FYI this is a 5 -year goal. Fair Housing Services Provide fair housing service and 1. Provide fair housing ongoing analysis of impediments counseling, education and to fair housing. enforcement services to 7,000 Santa Ana households. 2. Annually assess actions to eliminate impediments to fair IV. Description of Work - in space below, describe the program to be funded during the 12 - month contract period including, services to be provided, program goals, client characteristics, & how grant funds will be utilized. SERVICES & GOALS • Assist about 25 households to address alleged of instances of illegal housing discrimination. This includes investigation, where possible, and helping aggrieved individuals obtain redress through administrative or judicial complaint processes. • Assist about 1,650 households in addressing about 4,100 landlord/tenant housing issues or disputes. The goal is to provide clients with information, options and sample written materials to allow them to pursue a largely "self-help" solution to their problem • Participate in at least 8 community education presentations or events helping at least 100 households to better understand their housing rights and obligations. This will raise community awareness of appropriate behavior and realization of legal rights with regard to housing related transactions. • Invite 5" & 6" grade Santa Ana schoolchildren to participate in our annual fair housing -themed poster contest. FUNDS UTILIZATION Grant funds will be used for personnel and operating costs for a fair housing education, counseling & enforcement program. The vast majority of the funds, some 82%, will cover personnel costs. CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS Because the services are provided citywide, in a sense, all residents of Santa Ana fall within the "targeted client' population. However, the vast majority of Santa Ana households actually served by this program are anticipated to be those eligible under CDBG requirements. About 75% are within the extremely -low income category and another 15% in the low income category. About 9.6% of households to be served will include a person age 65 or older. The ethnic composition is expected to be approximately 70.4% Hispanic (of various racial backgrounds). The racial composition of the remaining 29.6% non -Hispanic households is expected to be, 18.1% White, 5.8% Asian, 3.4% Black and 2.3% other racial identities, including multi -racial. About 15.3% will be households headed by a single female.