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113 <br />MA-35 Special Needs Facilities and Services <br />Introduction <br />Special needs populations include people who are not homeless but need services and <br />supportive housing. The City will consider allocating CDBG public service funding to <br />programs that provide services to special needs populations, including but not limited to <br />those serving the elderly, frail elderly, people with disabilities including mental, physical, <br />and alcohol or substance abuse, PTSD, HIV/AIDS, veterans, and survivors and victims of <br />domestic violence and human trafficking or other needs. <br />Elderly is defined under the CDBG program as a person who is aged 62 and older. A frail <br />elderly person is an elderly person who is unable to independently perform at least three <br />“activities of daily living” including eating, bathing, grooming or home management <br />activities. Based on 2016-2020 CHAS data, of the 24,850 households containing at least one <br />elderly person in Santa Ana, 16,790 households, earn up to 80 percent of the AMI and may <br />require public services to continue to live independently. ACS data from the same period <br />shows 11,814 residents of Santa Ana aged 65 and older have a disability. Of those people, <br />59 percent have independent living difficulty, 50 percent have hearing difficulty, and 34 <br />percent have hearing difficulty. <br />People with disabilities defined as having a physical or mental impairment that <br />substantially limits one or more major life activities, generally rely on supportive services <br />to perform activities of daily living. In Santa Ana, the Civilian Noninstitutionalized <br />Population aged 18 to 64 includes 213,771 individuals, an estimated 5.7 percent <br />experiencing a disability (ACS, 5-year estimates). Among those with disabilities: <br />-44 percent have ambulatory difficulty; <br />-41 percent have cognitive impairments; <br />-37 percent have independent living difficulties; <br />-24 percent have a vision difficulty; <br />-19 percent a hearing impairment; and <br />-19 percent have difficulty with self-care. <br />Drug abuse or substance abuse is defined as the use of chemical substances that lead to <br />an increased risk of problems and an inability to control the use of the substance. <br />Substance abuse can be indicative of addiction disorder and may stem from physical and <br />mental health issues. SAMHSA conducted the National Survey on Drug Use and Health <br />and found in California the prevalence of substance use disorder over the last year among <br />the population over the age of 11 was 8.27 percent in 2013-2014 and was 17.12 percent in <br />2021-2022. <br />EXHIBIT 1