20B - AA - AGMT - REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN CIVIC CENTER

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interconnections among them, which in turn reveals how to access those assets. This mapping process is designed to promote connections or relationships between individuals, between individuals and organizations, and between organizations with other organizations. This will include: • Identify who, what, when and where services and goods are being provided in the Civic Center. • Build an inventory of the strengths and contributions of the people who make up the Civic Center community prior to intervening. • Document the tangible (physical assets) and intangible (personal assets e.g. experiences, skills, knowledge, passion) resources of the Civic Center community, viewing it as a place with assets to be preserved and enhanced, not deficits to be remedied. a Identify other assets in the community to reduce homelessness in the Civic Center per asset mapping practices. • Develop gap /needs analysis to guide efforts with faith based community and other service agencies. • Develop a report on the gap in activities /services not being provided in the Civic Center with a plan on how to implement and fund those services. Deliverable # 3: Using the data and information obtained from Deliverable # 2, create a standard outreach manual, presentation and /or regularly scheduled workshop to redirect any organization, business or church that provides services to the homeless in the Civic Center toward permanent solutions to reduce homelessness and the causes of homelessness. Deliverable # 4: Coordinate all food donations and other services in the Civic Center by faith - based organizations, service agencies and non -CES resources: • Santa Ana Homeless Collaborative will meet monthly or more frequently as needed to coordinate delivery of services and the implementation of solutions to reduce homelessness in the Civic Center. • Communicate regularly with existing CES /SOT, County and City representatives to identify and discuss gaps in services. Include existing CES, County and City services in decision - making process of coordination. • Create website portal for information dissemination that allows for efficient dissemination of information to the organizations that work at the Civic Center. Deliverable # 5: Collect no less than $10,000 in financial donations per quarter and place said cash funds in an account created and controlled by City Net, but accessible to members of the Santa Ana Homeless Collaborative. City Net shall keep an ongoing accounting of all money received and all money spent from said account, and provide a detailed accounting report of said financial activity to the City upon request. Documentation must also be provided for an equivalent of $15,000 per quarter via gifts in -kind and boots on the ground volunteers to aid in outreach, emergency housing, diversion activities and relocations. Funds to be used for gap services and needs as identified in Deliverable # 2. Policies and Procedures for these funds will be developed by a sub -group of the Santa Ana Homeless Collaborative, 10 20B -14