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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />2008-2009 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN <br />As reported in the City's Consolidated Plan, there are an estimated 1,804 homeless <br />individuals in Santa Ana. To address the needs of these individuals, the City will <br />continue its efforts to identify efficient and effective means to distribute limited <br />resources for homeless needs. The City has designated emergency and transitional <br />housing as high priorities for addressing homelessness. There are 17 emergency <br />and transitional shelters in the City, providing 248 emergency and 299 transitional <br />housing beds -more than any other city in the County.2 The City is presently <br />undertaking a survey to determine how many of these shelter beds are reserved for <br />the chronically homeless. During the 2008-2009 Program Year the City will also <br />incorporate into its agreements a provision that each ESG-funded agency prepare <br />and implement a policy that will help ensure persons discharged from local publicly <br />funded institution have access to housing/services thus preventing their immediate <br />homelessness upon discharge. <br />More specifically, during the 2008-2009 Program Year, the City will undertake the <br />following homeless housing/service activities: <br />Homelessness Prevention <br />A key component of Santa Ana's Continuum of Care strategy is to prevent <br />individuals and families from falling into homelessness. This is accomplished by <br />providing monetary assistance and counseling/support services to households at <br />risk of becoming homeless. The City's continuum of care for the homeless strategy <br />calls for providing ESG and CDBG resources to agencies that provide this type of <br />assistance. An estimated 260 individuals will be assisted with homelessness <br />prevention services during FY 2008-2009. Specific activities to be undertaken <br />during the 2008-2009 Program Year are outlined in the Listing of Proposed <br />Projects -Attachment 3. <br />z Total emergency shelter beds do not include 250 seasonal beds that are opened during winter <br />months offered at the National Guard Armory located in Santa Ana. <br />23 <br />4!16/08 <br />19E-35 <br />