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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, ESG and <br />HOPWA funds, Santa Ana supported numerous public and nonprofit agencies that reach out to the <br />homeless, bring them into the system of care, and facilitate their ent toward self - <br />sufficiency. Actions undertaken during the 2012 -2013 report period ar Plow. Detailed <br />summaries of HUD - funded activities are also found in IDIS r d into this <br />performance report. <br />1. ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PEF <br />HOMELESS BUT REQUIRE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (INCLUDING <br />Santa Ana provided CDBG, ESG and HOPWA re, <br />homelessness prevention, emergency shelter <br />(including outreach) as a means to imp <br />report period the City of Santa Ana F <br />provided supportive housing for home' <br />Victims of domestic violence ' °= <br />House and Women's Trar <br />emergency housing for <br />Emergency Shelter - <br />persons during r,n <br />Laura's Hous, <br />r ARE NOT <br />.It agencies for <br />upportive services <br />During the 2012 -2013 <br />k ithfollowing agencies that <br />ith special needs: <br />options, Interval House, Laura's <br />crisis intervention services and <br />.aims of domestic violence. <br />drgency shelter for chronically homeless <br />ated above, Human Options, Interval House, <br />shelter and support services for victims of <br />aomestic id safe housing <br />• Trans! t== 3rovided supportive services and transitional housing for <br />ho rcy House, the Villas, and Wise Place provided transitional <br />ho Y't for a variety of homeless populations including single men, <br />single hildren, and persons with HIV /AIDS. <br />• Permane ousing — ESG funding for Rapid Re- housing was provided to several <br />agencies that ividuals with special needs. These include Grandma's House and Interval <br />House (serving ims of domestic violence). The SAHA earmarked ten housing assistance <br />vouchers to a local shelter provider to assist clients graduating from transitional shelter to <br />access permanent housing. <br />• HIV /AIDS Housing — 47 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 />homelessness prevention assistance, and 456 with various supportive services (including <br />housing coordination and housing placement services). <br />08/11/2013 19 <br />19E -27 <br />