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neighborhoods. • Provide job training, job- search skills and job placement to provide individuals living in poverty with employment opportunities that pay higher wages. • Promote and provide recreation and diversion services which provide youth living in poverty with alternatives to gang - related criminal activities. • The Housing Authority will continue to implement the Family Self- Sufficiency (FSS) program, which will provide rental assistance, life skills training and referrals to employment training for Housing Choice Voucher Program participants. Actions planned to develop institutional structure The City of Santa Ana will strengthen institutional structures and enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies, and foster assisted housing improvements and resident initiatives. The City works closely with local institutions to initiate programs that link economic incentives with neighborhood and community development objectives, including building relationships with neighborhood associations, community based lending agencies, nonprofits, and educational institutions. The City also supports programs aimed at enhancing coordination among various City departments. The City will continue to utilize a network of referrals, contacts and partnerships to implement the strategies outlined in the Consolidated Plan. In the area of housing, the City will continue to build its relationship with local housing providers such as private developers, nonprofit developers, and neighboring housing authorities, to ensure that limited housing resources are utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible. The City also will continue to participate in the regional Continuum of Care subcommittees in order to coordinate with neighboring jurisdictions to reduce homelessness in our community. Actions planned to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies Additionally, the Orange County ESG grantees (County of Orange, City of Anaheim, City of Garden Grove, and the City of Santa Ana) have developed the Orange County ESG Collaborative as a unified approach to request, review and fund ESG subrecipients throughout the County and in each jurisdiction. This collaborative approach has streamlined the application and review process and allowed the grantees to better understand the impacts of funding decisions. Future Collaborative efforts will include unified invoice and monitoring forms and other actions to better serve our homeless and at -risk of homeless families. Discussion OMB Control No: 2506 -0117 (exp. 07/31/2015) Annual Action Plan 2017 21A-46 42