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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />2009-2010 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 continue its <br />efforts to identify efficient and effective means to distribute limited resources for homeless <br />needs. The City has designated emergency and transitional housing as high priorities for <br />addressing homelessness. There are 17 emergency and transitional shelters in the City, <br />providing 248 emergency and 299 transitional housing beds - more'than any other city in <br />the County.Z The City is presently undertaking a survey to determine how many of these. <br />j <br />shelter beds are reserved for the chronically homeless. Du ing;the`2009-2010 Program Year <br />the City will also incorporate into its agreements a prpvisron that each ESG-funded agency <br />prepare and implement a policy that will help ensure persons discharged fr'om'fiocal publicly <br />:~ ,.., <br />funded institution have access to housingjse ; .ices thus. f preventing the~r~ immediate <br />homelessness upon discharge. <br />More specifically, during the 2009-2010 Program,Year, the City%will undertake the following <br />ti~ r <br />r <br />homeless housing/service activities: ~ °"~ ~ ` <br />~.. ~~ <br />,~''~ <br />~' <br />Homelessness Prevention ~ ` <br />,.: ,~ <br />A key component of Santa Ana's Continuum of`.Care strategy is to prevent individuals and <br />~~;~ <br />families from falling mho homelessness ~ This is accomplished by providing monetary <br />` T :~. <br />assistance:~and counseling/support services to households at risk of becoming homeless. <br />r ~, <br />~~ <br />The City's continuum of -care for the homeless strategy calls for providing ESG resources to <br />agencies that provide this ype of assistance. An estimated 532 individuals will be assisted <br />n~s~ ~., -~, } <br />with homelessness prevention services during FY 2009-2010. Specific activities to be <br />•` t <br />undertaken during the`z009-2010 Program Year are outlined in the Listing of Proposed <br />~~_ <br />Projects -Attachment 3. Additionally, on a countywide basis, HOPWA will be used to <br />provide homelessness prevention assistance to an estimated 109 households <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 />2 9A?~ 6 DRAFT 4/15/09 <br />