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83 <br />proficiency, a history of incarceration or detention for criminal activity, and a <br />history of unstable employment. <br />4)Fleeing or Attempting to flee Domestic Violence – An individual or family: <br />a.Fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence situation, dating violence, sexual <br />assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to <br />violence against the individual or a family member; and <br />b.Has no subsequent residence; and <br />c.Lacks the resources and support network. <br />According to the 2024 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, during <br />the Point in Time (PIT) Count in January 2024, California had the highest number and rate <br />of unsheltered homeless population in the country. Twenty-eight percent of the nation’s <br />homeless population was reported in California. More than half of all the nation’s homeless <br />individuals are concentrated in three states: California (24 percent), New York (20 percent), <br />and Washington (four percent). The rate of homelessness in California increased three <br />percent from 2023 to 2024, and 35 percent from 2007 to 2024. <br />In Orange County, homelessness is addressed regionally by the Orange County Continuum <br />of Care (CoC), an umbrella organization that brings together government agencies and <br />community-based nonprofit organizations in a coordinated effort to meet the urgent needs <br />of those who have become homeless or are in imminent danger of becoming homeless. <br />The County of Orange Health Care Agency is the collaborative applicant, and 2-1-1 OC is <br />the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) lead agency. <br />The Orange County CoC conducts a PIT Count, to create a census of unsheltered and <br />sheltered individuals experiencing homelessness. It conducts a sheltered PIT Count <br />annually and an unsheltered PIT Count every-other-year. From 2022 to 2024, in Orange <br />County the number of <br />-homeless residents rose from 5,718 to 7,322 individuals, <br />-unsheltered residents rose from 3,057 to 4,173, and <br />-sheltered residents rose from 2,661 to 3,149. <br />In Santa Ana, from 2022 to 2024, the number of <br />-homeless residents rose from 990 to 1,428, <br />-unsheltered residents rose from 508 to 871, and <br />-sheltered residents rose from 482 to 557. <br />Since 2020, the rate of child homelessness (under the age of 18) decreased by 26 percent <br />from 933 children to 691 children. Homelessness among transition-aged youth (18 – 24) <br />rose 10 percent, while for adults over 24 it increased 10 percent, from 5,765 to 6,323. <br />EXHIBIT 1