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2010/11-2014-15 CITY OF SANTA ANA CONSOLIDATED PLAN 2013/14 <br />I ACTION PLAN <br />ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY <br />The City has identified numerous factors it can influence to combat poverty. Activities and <br />services the City will implement during the 2013-2014 Program Year to combat poverty <br />include the following: <br />¦ Affordable housing programs including rehabilitation, rental assistance, and creation of <br />new affordable housing units (via new construction or acquisition/rehabilitation). <br />¦ Homeless assistance including outreach, prevention activities, emergency shelter, <br />transitional housing, and rapid re-housing/permanent housing opportunities. Support <br />services will be blended with these activities. <br />¦ Public safety to prevent criminals from victimizing the poor (e.g., gang enforcement <br />services). <br />¦ Public facility improvements to improve the overall infrastructure of the City, but more <br />specifically to eliminate public improvements/infrastructure that negatively impact <br />residential neighborhoods. <br />¦ Job training, job-search skills and job placement to provide those living in poverty with <br />employment opportunities that pay higher wages. <br />¦ Youth recreation and diversion services which provide youth living in poverty with <br />alternatives to gang and crime activities. <br />¦ Economic Development programs to assist start-up microenterprises. <br />¦ The Housing Authority will continue to implement the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) <br />program, which will provide rental assistance, life skills training and referrals to <br />employment training for program participants. <br />As indicated above, reductions in HUD and the loss of local redevelopment funds have <br />impede the implementation of affordable housing activities. These same resources were <br />also identified by the City as the funding source for several of the activities aimed at <br />reducing poverty in the City. As with housing programs, the City will need to reevaluate <br />which of the planned activities aimed at reducing poverty in the community are still viable <br />and/or which will be scaled back due to budget cuts. <br />DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES <br />In light of reductions/elimination of the primary sources of funding that support the City's <br />Consolidated Plan strategic plan, the City increase efforts to develop institutional structures <br />and enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies, <br />and foster assisted housing improvements and resident initiatives. <br />DRAFT 04/22/2013 35 <br />29A-40