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D. CONTINUUM OF CARE NARRATIVE <br />HUD has placed significant emphasis on addressing the needs of the nation's homeless through a <br />Continuum of Care system. A Continuum of Care (CoC) is a comprehensive and coordinated <br />housing and service delivery strategy that responds to the different needs of homeless and at-risk <br />individuals and families, and helps them attain self-sufficiency. As a recipient of CDBG, HOME, ESG <br />and HOPWA funds, Santa Ana supported numerous public and nonprofit agencies that reach out to <br />the homeless, bring them into the system of care, and facilitate their movement toward self- <br />sufficiency. Actions undertaken during the 2011-2012 report period are outlined below. Detailed <br />summaries of HUD-funded activities are also found in IDIS reports incorporated into this <br />performance report. <br />1. ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PERSONS & THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PERSONS THAT ARE NOT <br />HOMELESS BUT REQUIRE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (INCLUDING PERSONS WITH HIWAIDS) <br />Santa Ana provided ESG and HOPWA resources to nonprofit agencies and the County of Orange for <br />homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and supportive services as a <br />means to implement the local and regional CoC. During the 2011-2012 report period the City of <br />Santa Ana provided financial support to the following agencies that provided supportive housing for <br />homeless individuals and individuals with special needs: <br />¦ Victims of domestic violence - Human Options, Interval House, Laura's House and Women's <br />Transitional Living Centers provided crisis intervention services and emergency housing for <br />Santa Ana residents that were victims of domestic violence. <br />¦ Emergency Shelter - Mercy House provided emergency shelter for chronically homeless <br />persons during cold/wet winter months; as indicated above, Human Options, Interval House, <br />Laura's House and WTLC provided emergency shelter and support services for victims of <br />domestic violence in need of immediate and safe housing. The Villas provided emergency <br />shelter for women recovering from substance addiction. <br />¦ Transitional Housing - Thomas House provided supportive services and transitional housing for <br />homeless families. Additionally, Mercy House, Veterans First, and Wise Place provided <br />transitional housing and supportive services for a variety of homeless populations including <br />single men, single women, women with children, and persons with HIV/AIDS. <br />¦ Permanent Supportive Housing - No new permanent housing opportunities were created for <br />homeless Santa Ana residents during the report period with ESG or HOME funding; however, <br />the SAHA earmarked ten housing assistance vouchers to a local shelter provider to assist clients <br />graduating from transitional shelter to access permanent housing. <br />¦ HIV/AIDS Housing - 50 households living with HIV/AIDS were assisted with tenant based rental <br />assistance funded with HOPWA resources. HOPWA funds were also utilized to assist 82 <br />individuals with transitional housing, 48 individuals with emergency housing assistance, 70 with <br />08/23/2012 19 <br />19C-27