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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />2006-2007 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN <br />FOSTER AND MAINTAIN ASSISTED HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS AND INITIATIVES <br />The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana does not operate public housing - it <br />only provides Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance. The Housing Authority is <br />also required to prepare afive-year and one-year plan that highlight its mission, <br />goals and objectives as it relates to the Housing Choice Voucher program. The <br />Authority's plan was prepared in conjunction with the Consolidated Plan. Both <br />documents contain references to programs that may offer mutual support to meeting <br />respective Plan objectives. The City will support the Housing Authority's efforts to <br />assist its customers, just as the Authority is dedicated to assisting the City to <br />implement its Consolidated Plan objectives. <br />Economic Development <br />The City of Santa Ana has developed a variety of programs aimed at stabilizing and <br />expanding economic opportunities for its residents and the Orange County region in <br />general. These programs include: <br />W.O.R.K Center, a resource center with a primary focus on employment training <br />and job placement needs. <br />State designated Enterprise Zone and Redevelopment funded business <br />attraction and retention programs to provided economic opportunities to City <br />residents. <br />^ HUD-approved Empowerment Zone resources to address community economic <br />development priority needs. <br />No CDBG funds will be utilized for economic development in 2006-2007. <br />Measure Outcomes <br />HUD has issued several notices directing grant recipients to initiate steps to <br />implement aresults-oriented management and accountability system that measures <br />outcomes as well as outputs. In anticipation of final regulations, the City of Santa <br />Ana implemented such a system during the 2005-2006 Program Year. All HUD- <br />anolos 26 <br />19D-31 <br />