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