HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation - #03Homeless Update
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March 1, 2022
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Homelessness Update
Homeless Update
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March 1, 2022
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Overview
•QOLT activity and highlights
•SMART program
•Point-in-Time count
•Homeless services provided by the City of
Santa Ana
•Homeless Navigation Center update
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Quality of Life Team
(QOLT)
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January 2022
Total Contacts :336
(Up from 251 in December)
Clean Ups Conducted 451
(Compared to 307 in December)
Arrests/Citations 123
(Compared to 61 in December)
Shelter Placements 60 Individuals
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February Highlights
•Ongoing Union Pacific Railroad cooperative
activity
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SMART
(Santa Ana Multi-Disciplinary Response Team)
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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
•Community Line: (714) 242-3706
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SMART
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Point-in-Time Count
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Point-In-Time
•24 teams (12 in the morning and 12 in the evening) were deployed
from the Tustin deployment center to canvass predetermined maps in
Santa Ana.
•SAPD accompanied 8 of these teams (4 in the morning and 4 in the
evening) for areas in the city where police assistance was needed.
•The County of Orange will compile data, eliminate duplications, and
aggregate the unsheltered and sheltered data. A final report will be
available by June.
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Homeless Services by the
City of Santa Ana
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Shelter and Housing
•Interim Shelter -The Salvation Army Hospitality House (75 beds)
•Interim Shelter -The Link on Commonwealth (100 beds)
•Interim Family Motel Program
•Santa Ana’s NEW Homeless Navigation Center on Carnegie (200 beds)
* opening soon
•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)
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Homeless Navigation
Center Update
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Construction Updates
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Homeless Navigation Center
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Questions?