29A - CONSOLIDATED PLAN UPDATE Exhibit 1

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2010/11 - 2014 -15 CITY OF SANTA ANA CONSOLIDATED PLAN I 2011/12 ACTION PLAN to be undertaken during the 2011 -2012 Program Year are outlined in the LISTING OF PROPOSED PROJECTS — EXHIBIT 3. Additionally, on a countywide basis, HOPWA will be used to provide homelessness prevention assistance to an estimated 600 households. HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION A key component of Santa Ana's Continuum of Care strategy is to prevent individuals and families from falling into homelessness. This is accomplished by providing monetary assistance and counseling /support services to households at risk of becoming homeless. The City's continuum of care for the homeless strategy calls for providing ESG resources to agencies that provide this type of assistance. An estimated 304 individuals will be assisted with homelessness prevention services during FY 2011 -2012. Specific activities to be undertaken during the 2011 -2012 Program Year are outlined in the LISTING OF PROPOSED PROJECTS — EXHIBIT 3. Additionally, on a countywide basis, HOPWA will be used to provide homelessness prevention assistance to an estimated 120 households. EMERGENCY SHELTERS The City will provide funds to shelter providers via the ESG and HOPWA programs. These funds will help offset the costs of providing emergency shelter and essential support services for Santa Ana's homeless (and the region's homeless with HIV /AIDS with HOPWA funding). An estimated 823 individuals will be assisted with emergency shelter services during FY 2011 -2012. Additionally, 75 County residents will be assisted with emergency shelter services with HOPWA fund s.4 Specific activities to be carried out during the 2011- 2012 Program Year are delineated in the LISTING of PROPOSED PRaecrs— EXHIBIT 3. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING The critical link between homelessness and self — sufficiency is often provided by transitional housing programs. In this setting, homeless individuals and families are provided free or very low cost housing, enriched with support services aimed at building self - reliance skills. Quite often transitional housing programs will require participants to save a portion of their income earned while participating in the program so they will have resources to move into permanent housing upon their graduation from the transitional program. Santa Ana will continue to support the transitional housing /support service programs of the community's nonprofits with ESG funds during the 2011 -2012 Program Year, serving an estimated 69 individuals. Additionally, a portion of HOPWA funds allocated for supportive services through the County of Orange will be used to provide transitional housing for persons with 4 Housing services funded with HOPWA will be available on a countywide basis. 04/21/2011 25 2010 -2011 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN Exhibit 1