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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 movement toward self- sufficiency. <br />Actions undertaken during the 2013 -2014 report period are outlined below. Detailed summaries of <br />HUD - funded activities are also found in IDIS reports incorporated into this 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 HIV/AIDS) <br />Santa Ana provided CDBG, ESG and HOPWA resources to public and nonprofit agencies for <br />homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and supportive services <br />(including outreach) as a means to implement the local and regional CDC. During the 2013 -2014 <br />report period the City of Santa Ana provided financial support to the following agencies that <br />provided supportive housing for homeless individuals and individuals with special needs: <br />• Victims of domestic violence — Grandma's House, Human Options, Interval House, Laura's <br />House and Women's Transitional Living Centers provided crisis intervention services and <br />emergency housing for Santa Ana residents that were victims of domestic violence. <br />• Emergency Shelter— Mercy House provided emergency shelter for chronically homeless persons <br />during cold /wet winter months; as indicated above, Grandma's House of Hope, Human Options, <br />Interval House, Laura's House and WTLC provided emergency shelter and support services for <br />victims of domestic violence in need of immediate and safe housing. <br />• Transitional Housing - Thomas House provided supportive services and transitional housing for <br />homeless families. Additionally, Mercy House, the Villas, and Wise Place provided transitional <br />housing and supportive services for a variety of homeless populations including single men, <br />single women, women with children, and persons with HIV /AIDS. <br />• Permanent Supportive Housing — ESG funding for Rapid Re- housing was provided to several <br />agencies that assist individuals with special needs. These include Grandma's House, <br />Illumination Foundation, Interval House (serving victims of domestic violence), Mercy Housing <br />and Wise Place. Due to funding reductions, the SAHA was unable to earmarked ten housing <br />assistance vouchers to a local shelter provider to assist clients graduating from transitional <br />shelter to access permanent housing. <br />• HIV /AIDS Housing — 57 households living with HIV /AIDS were assisted with tenant based rental <br />assistance funded with HOPWA resources. HOPWA funds were also utilized to assist 46 <br />individuals with transitional housing, 46 individuals with emergency housing assistance, 102 <br />with homelessness prevention assistance, and 835 with various supportive services (including <br />housing coordination and housing placement services). <br />19 DRAFT 2013 -2014 CAPER <br />Exhibit 2 <br />19F -28 <br />