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157 <br />Addressing the emergency and transitional housing needs of homeless persons <br />The 2024 PIT Count recorded 3,149 sheltered and 4,173 unsheltered individuals <br />experiencing homelessness. Of the sheltered and homeless population 80 percent were <br />residing in emergency shelter and 20 percent in transitional housing. The 2024 Housing <br />Inventory Count reported 645 emergency shelter beds and 624 transitional housing beds <br />for household with adults and children, 2,365 emergency shelter beds and 217 transitional <br />housing beds for households with only adults. <br />The Santa Ana Navigation Center opened in June 2022 as a 24-hour homeless shelter <br />serving men, women, and families with minor children. The shelter has 200 beds in five <br />dormitories and family rooms, including full bathroom facilities, a commercial kitchen, a <br />children's playroom, and more. In addition to the Navigation Cetner the City may directing <br />ESG funds to support private homeless service providers’ emergency shelter efforts. <br />Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and <br />families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied <br />youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, <br />including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience <br />homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to <br />affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were <br />recently homeless from becoming homeless again. <br />To achieve housing stability whether individuals and families need access to housing which <br />they can reasonably afford. The City anticipates directing ESG resources to to funding rapid <br />rehousing and homelessness prevention activities. Furthermore, the City may leverage <br />CDBG, HOME, PLHA and other funds to expand the supply of affordable housing. <br />Help low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially <br />extremely low-income individuals and families who are likely to become <br />homeless after being discharged from a publicly funded institution or system of <br />care, or who are receiving assistance from public and private agencies that <br />address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth <br />needs. <br />The City approaches assisting low-income individuals and families, especially those <br />existing a publicly funded institution, to avoid homelessness from multiple angles. SAHA <br />administers Mainstream 5, VASH, Foster Youth to Independence, and Emergency Housing <br />Vouchers. These may assist individuals and households exiting hospitals, shelters, foster <br />care, and other publicly funded institutions to secure stable housing. The Coordinated Entry <br />and Family Reunification Program described above is another resource the City provides. <br />The City anticipates directing ESG resources to In addition to funding rapid rehousing and <br />homelessness prevention activities. Furthermore, the City may leverage CDBG, HOME, <br />PLHA, HOME-ARP, and other funds to expand the supply of affordable housing. <br />EXHIBIT 1