Item 27 - Fiscal Year 2023-24 Annual Action Plan and Budgets for CDBG, HOME, and

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Annual Action Plan 2023 56 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth. The range of services include emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing. ESG funds will provide assistance for street outreach services, homeless prevention and rapid re-housing. Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing ind ividuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again The City supports a number of programs to assist low-income individuals and families to avoid becoming homeless, including Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers. Other support services, such as job and training assistance, food assistance, and counseling are also available to help individuals recover from homelessness and to avoid becoming homeless. The City works closely with the Continuum of Care who provides oversight for the Vulnerability Index - Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT) to prioritize the most vulnerable chronically homeless individuals. Case management services are offered in all programs to help prevent individuals from falling back into homelessness. In addition, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana has recently been awarded VASH project-based vouchers for permanent supportive housing for Veterans experiencing homelessness. These 100 vouchers are in addition to the current Vouchers with two projects already in the pipeline. An RFP will be released shortly for these additional vouchers. Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families and those who are: being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); or, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs. The goals listed above will help these individuals and families to avoid becoming homelessness. The ESG program will fund homelessness prevention programs including utility and security deposit assistance as well as rental assistance. The HEART program, funded by ESG provides bus tickets for individuals interested in returning to their home; often following a release from a correctional facility. Additionally, the County of Orange is equipped to serve people discharged from publicly funded institutions or EXHIBIT 1