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PLANNING CONTEXT <br />10,488 adults, and 10,488 seniors with disabilities. Approximately 5 percent of <br />adults (age 18 -64) in the City are affected by a disability. The greatest challenges <br />for disabled adults are cognitive impairment and independent living. <br />To accommodate people with disabilities, the City of Santa Ana has almost 2,000 <br />beds in state - licensed care facilities. Housing vouchers are also allocated to <br />disabled people. The Dayle McIntosh Center and Goodwill Industries provide a <br />range of programs to improve the income and quality of life of disabled persons, <br />such as job training, independent living skills training, and barrier -free housing <br />referrals. <br />The State Department of Developmental Services provides community -based <br />services to developmentally disabled persons through contracted regional centers. <br />The Regional Center Orange County (RCOC) is charged by the State of <br />California with the care of people with developmental disabilities, defined as <br />those with severe, life -long disabilities attributable to mental and \or physical <br />impairments. RCOC has served 2,565 people in Santa Ana with a developmental <br />disability. Table 4 provides a breakdown by age and zip code of those helped <br />through RCOC programs. <br />Table 4 <br />Developmentally Disabled Residents by Age in Santa Ana <br />Zip Code <br />0 -14 <br />Years <br />15 -22 <br />Years <br />23 -54 <br />Years <br />55 -64 <br />Years <br />65 +Years <br />Total <br />92701 <br />197 <br />59 <br />75 <br />5 <br />0 <br />336 <br />92703 <br />237 <br />78 <br />134 <br />20 <br />9 <br />478 <br />92704 <br />252 <br />93 <br />158 <br />19 <br />5 <br />527 <br />92705 <br />120 <br />45 <br />58 <br />11 <br />7 <br />241 <br />92706 <br />123 <br />47 <br />93 <br />15 <br />5 <br />283 <br />92707 <br />197 <br />68 <br />117 <br />16 <br />12 <br />410 <br />92708 <br />119 <br />60 <br />97 <br />11 <br />3 <br />290 <br />Total <br />1245 <br />450 732 97 41 2,565 <br />Source: Regional Center Orange County, 2013. <br />PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS <br />The County of Orange conducts an annual homeless needs assessment and <br />biennial point in time count. The 2011 Point in Time Survey estimated 6,939 <br />people were homeless in Orange County. This count does not include persons at <br />risk of becoming homeless, such as people living in transient motels, or those <br />living in homes at risk of foreclosure, or other precarious arrangements. In 2013, <br />the Point in Time (PIT) Survey estimated 4,251 people were homeless in Orange <br />County. <br />Based on the PIT Survey, roughly 20 percent of the people counted reported <br />Santa Ana as their last place of residence before becoming homeless. Therefore, <br />the City estimates that approximately 850 people were homeless in Santa Ana as <br />of 2013. JA& <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT 23 <br />