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175 <br />AP- 65 Homeless and Other Special Needs Activities <br />The City of Santa Ana places a high priority on assisting households experiencing or at risk <br />of experiencing homelessness, and households with other non-homeless special needs. <br />According to the results of the January 2024, PIT Count in approximately7,322 individuals <br />were experiencing homelessness. Analysis of available data and consultation with <br />organizations providing services for special needs populations revealed a need for a range <br />of services including but not limited to those concerned with disabled adults. The City <br />strives to meet these needs through the access to public housing, expanded access to <br />affordable housing, and public services and services specifically for individuals and <br />households experiencing and at risk of experiencing homelessness. <br />Describe the jurisdiction’s one-year goals and actions for reducing and ending <br />homelessness including reaching out to homeless persons (especially <br />unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs. <br />Preventing and ending homelessness is a HUD priority addressed nationally through <br />coordination of regional strategies and carried out locally by government agencies and a <br />wide variety of community-based organizations and faith-based groups. Consistent with <br />this approach, the City supports the CoC and its member organizations that address <br />homelessness. In alignment with this strategy, the City established the homeless services <br />goal. The street outreach aspects of that goal will be implemented through the activities of <br />the Interval Housing, Covenant House, and SAPD HEART program <br />Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless <br />persons <br />The City established the homeless services goal to address the need to increase access to <br />and the supply of homeless services and facilities. The emergency shelter aspects of that <br />goal will be implemented through the activities of the Interval Housing, Covenant House, <br />and SAPD HEART program. <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 />In alignment with the CoC strategy, the City established the homeless services goal. The <br />rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention aspects of that goal will be implemented <br />through the activities of the Volunteers of America Los Angeles, and WISEPlace. <br />EXHIBIT 1