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<br /> Annual Action Plan <br />2023 <br />61 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) <br />the average cost per test is $450. The procedures to comply with Title X has added approximately 30 <br />days to the typical housing rehabilitation project. <br />Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty-level families <br />The underlying objective of this Consolidated Plan is focused on reducing the number of families and <br />households in poverty and lessening the impact of poverty on those households. The City will take a <br />multi-faceted approach to reduce the number of poverty-level families located within the City and <br />improve the quality of life for extremely low-income households in the City. <br />1. Partner with and leverage local job training programs focused on supporting residents prepare <br />for and access living wage job opportunities. <br />2. Through the City’s housing programs, it will reduce the number of cost burdened households <br />living in the City, allowing them to allocate personal resources to other critical household needs. <br />3. Public services will be targeted to address critical needs of low-income and vulnerable residents <br />through the provision of programming, transportation, education, childcare and other key needs <br />that are identified by the City and its stakeholders. Services such as these are components to <br />assist individuals to be better suited to secure and retain living wage employment. <br />4. Homeless assistance, including prevention, will provide critical services to extremely low-income <br />households in need of immediate assistance and support to be better suited and able to take <br />steps to identify sustainable housing and employment options. <br />5. Improving public facilities eliminates existing facilities and infrastructure that negatively impacts <br />residential neighborhoods. <br />Actions planned to develop institutional structure <br />To continue to develop the institutional structure among the City, nonprofit stakeholders and other local <br />and regional stakeholders, the City will regularly communicate and coordinate program objectives, <br />services and activities with all stakeholders. The City will work to expand the coordination and <br />communication among partners through invitations to participate in the Consolidated and Action Plan <br />process as well as working to create synergies and partnerships between different service providers <br />during the implementation of programs and activities. <br />Actions planned to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social <br />service agencies <br />Through the ESG program, the City will continue to partner closely with neighboring jurisdictions as well <br />as service and housing providers operating in the City and County. The City will continue to strive to <br />encourage a unified approach to the development and delivery of housing and social service programs <br />EXHIBIT 1