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<br /> <br />service providers working in Santa Ana and across Orange County, the City of Santa <br />Ana refers special needs populations to multiple providers to seek targeted assistance. <br />Identify any gaps within the current shelter and housing inventory as well as the <br />service delivery system: <br />According to Orange County Continuum of Care HMIS Data, people experiencing <br />homelessness spend an average of 140 days in emergency shelter before exiting. In <br />addition, Housing is the Main Need in Orange County and in the Central SPA with over <br />11,000 individuals calling 2-1-1 OC for housing assistance or affordable housing. The <br />At Risk/Homeless Housing Related Assistance Programs subcategory and Housing <br />Expense Assistance are the two greatest needs for callers as well. The HMIS Data and <br />2-1-1 Call Center Information are attached as Exhibit C. <br />The empirical evidence from the 2019 Point-in-Time Count, the Orange County <br />Continuum of Care HMIS Data, and the 2-1-1 Call Center shows that there is a gap in <br />permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness in the City of <br />Santa Ana. There is a gap in access for unsheltered people experiencing <br />homelessness to emergency shelter beds, and there is a gap in access for sheltered <br />people experiencing homelessness to permanent supportive housing exits from <br />homelessness. This includes a gap in both tenant-based and project-based permanent <br />supportive housing opportunities. <br />Identify the characteristics of housing associated with instability and an <br />increased risk of homelessness if the PJ will include such conditions in its <br />definition of “other populations” as established in the HOME-ARP Notice: <br />The PJ is not going to serve “Other Populations where providing supportive services or <br />assistance under section 212(a) of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)) would prevent the <br />family’s homelessness or would serve those with the greatest risk of housing instability.” <br />Identify priority needs for qualifying populations: <br />For people who are experiencing homelessness as defined in 24 CFR 91.5, the priority <br />need is for permanent supportive housing. This priority need also applies to a specific <br />category of qualifying individuals and families: chronically homeless as defined in 24 <br />CFR 91.5. People experiencing homelessness and chronic homelessness are the only <br />qualifying populations that the City of Santa Ana will serve by financing the development <br />of permanent supportive housing. <br />Explain how the level of need and gaps in its shelter and housing inventory and <br />service delivery systems based on the data presented in the plan were <br />determined. <br />The level of need and gaps in its shelter and housing inventory and service delivery <br />systems based on the data presented in the plan were determined based upon a review <br />and comparison of the empirical evidence in the 2019 Point-in-Time Count, the Orange <br />EXHIBIT 2