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<br />HIV is a virus that weakens the immune system by destroying important cells that fight
<br />diseases and infection. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is the final stage of HIV.
<br />The Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Atlas Plus program reported an estimated 7,325
<br />persons living in Orange County with HIV disease at the end of 2022. Of that number, 257
<br />had been newly diagnosed during that year (https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/index.htm,
<br />accessed January 2025). New HIV diagnoses were most concentrated among those aged
<br />25 to 34.
<br />Domestic violence includes, but is not limited to, felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence
<br />committed by a current or former spouse of the victim or by a person who is cohabitating
<br />with or has cohabited with the victim. In 2022, 1,127 calls related to domestic violence were
<br />made from Santa Ana (openjustice.doj.ca.gov, accessed November 2024). Of these
<br />domestic incidents, 107 involved a weapon and 1,020 did not.
<br />Human trafficking is a crime that involves the forceful, fraudulent, or coercive methods of
<br />entrapping a person, real or perceived, to exploit them for financial gain. The exploitative
<br />nature can come in the form of labor services, involuntary servitude, enslavement, debt
<br />bondage or commercial sex acts. Human trafficking is extremely difficult to track; there is
<br />no recent or reliable prevalence rate to report. In 2023, in California, the National Human
<br />Trafficking Hotline identified 1,128 cases of human trafficking, which involved 2,045 victims
<br />(https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ accessed January 2025). The most common type of
<br />human trafficking reported in California was sex trafficking The U.S. Department of State
<br />Trafficking in Persons Report published in July 2022, reports victims of human trafficking
<br />are found in every state in the country and trafficked from every country in the world.
<br />Victims of human trafficking in the United States are most frequently trafficked from within
<br />the United States, Mexico, and Honduras.
<br />The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) explains PTSD can “develop after exposure
<br />to a potentially traumatic event that is beyond a typical stressor” and potential inducing
<br />events may include, but are not limited to, “violent personal assaults, natural or human-
<br />caused disasters, accidents, combat, and other forms of violence.” Symptoms of PTSD can
<br />be debilitating. The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs National Center for PTSD reports
<br />an estimated six percent of the population, eight percent of women and four percent of
<br />men, will have PTSD at some point in their lives.
<br />Including the elderly, frail elderly, persons with disabilities (mental, physical,
<br />developmental), persons with alcohol or other drug addictions, persons with
<br />HIV/AIDS and their families, public housing residents and any other categories
<br />the jurisdiction may specify, and describe their supportive housing needs.
<br />To determine the level of need and types of services needed by special needs populations,
<br />the City conducted the Community Needs Survey, consulted with local service providers,
<br />and reviewed data from the ACS, CHAS, CDC, State of California Department of Justice,
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