HomeMy WebLinkAboutPOWERPOINT- WSA_PROGRAM UPDATE TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN SACity of Santa Ana
Program Update to
Reduce Homelessness
in Santa Ana
DAVID CAVAZOS
CITY MANAGER
KELLY REENDERS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Funding Commitments
Thank you to the Mayor and City Council
Funding Commitments have included:
$766,800 for the Guest House Motel Conversion
$450,000 for Emergency Solutions Grant Program
$400,000 in FY 2015-16 General Fund Surplus Allocation
$205,500 in General Fund Unassigned
$75,000 from Joint Powers Authority w/ $75,000 from Santa Ana
$1,487,400 for Santa Ana HEART Team
$99,750 for Extension of Armory Emergency Shelter
OVER $3.5 MILLION COMMITMENT OF FUNDS
Participation on Commission to End Homelessness, Permanent
Housing Committee, Continuum of Care Grant Allocation
Committee
Overview of Today’s Presentation
Plan to Reduce Homelessness in the Civic
Center and throughout Santa Ana
Create Permanent Supportive Housing
Incentivize Owners and Property Managers
to accept homeless individuals
Enhance, Concentrate and Coordinate
Existing Efforts
Civic Center Homeless Count
Plan to Reduce Homelessness in
the Civic Center
Create Permanent Supportive Housing using
1.
existing housing resources
Incentivize Owners and Property Managers
2.
to accept homeless individuals receiving
Section 8, Rapid Rehousing, and Continuum
of Care Permanent Housing funds.
Enhance, Concentrate and Coordinate
3.
existing nonprofit and private efforts in the
Civic Center.
Create Permanent Supportive
Housing
On March 1, City Council approved a project to create 71 new units of
st
permanent supportive housing at the Guest House on 2151 E. 1St.
st
Equal to an investment of per year in existing resources.
$766,800
Motel Conversion:
Guest House @ 2151 E. 1St
st
71 units for chronically
homeless individuals
Housing First approach
Wrap-around
supportive services
provided on-site
Eviction Prevention
Program
Fully furnished units
Incentivize Owners and Property Managers:
Civic Center Street2Home Program
Program involves:
Security deposit assistance up to twice the amount
requested by landlords
Diversion/Relocation including transportation costs and
meals during travel
Bridge Housing via motel vouchers
25 homeless individuals will be supported to
transition out of the Civic Center
Enhance, Concentrate and Coordinate:
City Net Homeless Collaborative
$1,000 for every homeless
Pay for Success Model:
individual who obtains housing from the Civic Center.
City Net will also coordinate all services (housing, mental
health, emergency services and care, nutrition) currently
being provided at the Civic Center
Contract will be forthcoming for City Council approval
pending negotiation with the County
120 homeless individuals will be supported to
transition out of the Civic Center
Enhance, Concentrate and Coordinate
Pilot Mobile Check-in Center
Homeless individuals will be able to ‘check-in’,
lock their possessions in temporary storage
containers and attend service appointments
An investment by the City of Santa Ana of $75,000,
combined with an investment of $75,000 from
Orange County.
Enhance, Concentrate and Coordinate:
Emergency Solutions Grant Funds
Approximately $450,000 is distributed each fiscal
year to non-profit organizations for Street
Outreach, Shelter, Homeless Prevention, Rapid
Rehousing and Data activities.
$50,000 redirected from unspent FY 2014-2015 ESG
funds to the Civic Center.
Other Activities
Extension of National Guard Armory
Emergency Shelter to April 15
Feb 24, 2016 staff organized a Mental
th
Health First Aid training for all four Housing
Authorities in the County: 40 people
attended
The City is now the Civic Center
hosting
Roundtable Meetings in our offices.
Civic Center Homeless Count
406 Individuals Counted
(Orange County Health Care Agency, August 31, 2015 )
369 completed a survey:
43% Hispanic/Latino
78% were adults 26 -59 years of age
62% homeless in the Civic Center for over one
year
Annual survey data provides a benchmark and
primary measurement of performance
Thank You for your
Support
Questions and Answers