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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRESENTATION - #04Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 1 Homelessness Update Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 2 Introduction Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 3 Overview • Point-in-Time Count • QOLT Activity and Highlights • SMART • Homeless Services Provided by the City of Santa Ana • Carnegie Update Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 4 Point-in-Time Count Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 5 Benefits of the Point In Time Count • Provides the public an opportunity to get involved and learn about homelessness and the available resources and services • Opportunity to reconcile and update the Veteran Registry and bring us one step closer to ending veteran homelessness • Opportunity to count families and transitional age youth experiencing homelessness and connect them to needed resources Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 6 Point-in-Time Count: Santa Ana Year Unsheltered Sheltered Total 2017 466 534 1,000 2018 1030 587 1,617 2019 830 939 1,769 Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 7 Central Service Planning Area (SPA) Costa Mesa Seal Beach Tustin Santa Ana Huntington Beach County Unincorporated Westminster Newport Beach Fountain Valley Garden Grove Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 8 Volunteer Shifts – AM and PM • Deployment Center Setup • Deployment Center Cleanup • Team Captain and Field Survey Volunteers • Central SPA needs 60 Team Captains and an additional 180 individuals per shift • Teams of 3-4 people 4:30am to 9:00am & 6:30pm to 11:00pm Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 9 Additional Ways to Support • Donations support the coordination efforts of the 2022 Point In Time Count. • 5,000 Snack kits • 40 Cases of water bottles • 200 $25 gift cards to grocery stores • 5,000 $5 gift cards to fast food establishments • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supplies – 5,000 surgical masks – 1,000 latex-free disposable gloves – 1,000 individual hand sanitizers – 50 packs of disinfectant wipes – 5,000 Snack kits Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 10 Key Dates •2022 Everyone Counts OC Virtual Volunteer Information Sessions • Tuesday, December 22, 2021, from 4 PM – 5 PM • Wednesday, December 23, 2021, from 10 AM – 11 AM – These meetings require registration – www.everyonecountsoc.org •Virtual Live Volunteer Training Options (To be held in January. Details will be provided with registration) Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 11 Quality of Life Team Activity Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 12 November 2021 Total Contacts : 222 (down from 280 in October) Clean Ups Conducted 189 (Down from 331 in October) Arrests/Citations 81 (Up from 49 in October) Shelter Placements 62 Individuals Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 13 November 2021 - Highlights • Large flood control tunnel in Santiago Park area cleared and secured • UPRR Police and Clean Up Crews were assisted throughout the City • Enhanced Enforcement and Clean Up activity centered on Bristol north of Memory Lane • 2200 S. Ritchey Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 14 SMART Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 15 SMART • The Santa Ana Multi-disciplinary Homeless Response Team – Operates 7 days a week – From 8:00 am to 9:00 pm – Calls to the Police and Fire Departments regarding non-criminal or non-emergency homeless related situations are transferred to CityNet dispatch – Specially trained response teams are dispatched to address and engage with the homeless population – Issues involving criminal conduct or activity outside the capabilities of these teams are referred to first responders Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 16 SMART Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 17 Homeless Services by the City of Santa Ana Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 18 Shelter and Housing • The Salvation Army Hospitality House (75 beds) • The Link on Commonwealth (100 beds) • Santa Ana’s Shelter – Homeless Navigation Center on Carnegie • Permanent Supportive Housing – Affordable housing with wrap- around supportive services (434 Units) • Rental Assistance Funding –(HUD) Emergency Solutions Grant • Special Purpose Vouchers - (647 Vouchers – 512 Tenant-Based and 135 Project-Based) Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 19 Homeless Navigation Center Update Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 20 Homeless Navigation Center Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 21 Construction Updates Homeless Update City Manager’s Office November 16, 2021 Slide 22 Questions?