FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan
Program Summaries
Administration & Planning
Project Title Organization Funding Description
CDBG Program
Administration
City of Santa Ana
Community
Development
Agency (CDA)
$768,036
The program will provide for the overall administration of the CDBG Program, to include: preparation and submission of required contracts with HUD, submission of all reporting requirements, provision of individual project oversight, monitoring of all project implementation and ongoing completion, and fiscal management and oversight. Program Administration is performed by a combination of staff and professional consultants. Proposed funding amount calculated based off 20% admin cap less Fair Housing amount.
Santa Ana Fair
Housing Education,
Counseling &
Enforcement
Fair Housing
Council of Orange
County
$70,000
The program will provide fair housing education, landlord /tenant counseling and enforcement services to combat housing
discrimination and city administrative support for the residents of the City of Santa Ana. Funds will go toward administrative/program staff and service contracts. A commitment to further fair housing is a requirement of CDBG funding.
Economic Development
Project Title Organization Funding Description
Small Business
Incentive Program
City of Santa Ana
Community
Development
Agency (CDA) –
Economic
Development
$100,000
The program awards grants up to $5,000 to eligible microenterprise businesses in the City. Grants will be awarded on a first-come/first- serve basis and may be used to cover business expenses such as rent, insurance costs, utility connections, advertising, inventory, or other business-related needs. Funds will go towards grants and program staff.
Code Enforcement
Project Title Organization Funding Description
Community
Preservation (Code
Enforcement & Legal
Services)
City of Santa Ana
Planning and
Building Agency
(PBA)
$825,000
The Community Preservation Division’s goal is to improve neighborhoods through personalized neighborhood contact, education of codes and standards, responsive and dedicated personnel, fair enforcement of laws and innovative processes. The primary purpose of this enforcement is to address property maintenance and life safety violations that contribute to the visual blight and general decline of an area. Funds will go toward program staff and service contracts (equipment rental, insurance and building rental).
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FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan
Program Summaries
Housing
Project Title Organization Funding Description
Single-Family
Housing
Rehabilitation
Program
Habitat for
Humanity of
Orange County
$500,000
CDBG funds will be used to rehabilitate properties to address code violations, potential code violations, or unsafe living conditions. The maximum amount of grant funds available for any qualified property is $25,000 unless approved by City Council. Funding will go toward rehabilitation and staff costs.
Down Payment
Assistance Program City of Santa Ana $882,961
The “My First Home Program” will offer down payment assistance loans to first-time home buyers to aid in the purchase of a home in the City of Santa Ana. Funds will be made available on a first- come, first-served basis. A first-time home buyer may be eligible to borrow up to $120,000 with a 0% interest rate.
City Capital Improvements
Project Title Organization Funding Description
Street Improvements
(Cedar Street) and
Greening Project
City of Santa Ana
Public Works
Agency (PWA)
$591,955 This project entails the rehabilitation of existing asphalt concrete pavement of residential streets in the Cedar Neighborhood and the Bristol-Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project.
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FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan
Program Summaries
Nonprofit Public Service (subject to 15% Public Service cap) Project Title Organization Funding Description
AIDS Services
Foundation OC (dba
Radiant Health
Centers)
HIV Care Services $34,860
AIDS Services Foundation OC (dba Radiant Health Centers) will provide low-income residents living with HIV in the City of Santa Ana with wraparound HIV care services. Participants will receive the support and resources needed to remain in medical care, maintain their health, and achieve viral suppression.
America On Track
Brighter Futures
for Children of
Prisoners
$34,860
Children of prisoners deserve the chance to discover a brighter future, which is why America On Track provides them with trained, caring mentors, STEM workshops, a “College is For Me Too!” camp, free books, and special outings, as well as nutrition seminars and wraparound services for the families.
Community Health
Initiative Orange
County
Community Health
Access Program $34,860
CHIOC helps City of Santa Ana residents to access health and social service programs by providing outreach, education, enrollment, and case management services to vulnerable
populations. We strive to ensure that clients acquire, retain, and utilize community resources effectively.
Community Legal
Aid SoCal
Santa Ana
Domestic
Violence
Prevention Project
$34,860
Community Legal Aid SoCal (previously known as The Legal Aid Society of Orange County) will provide free, holistic legal assistance to Santa Ana survivors of domestic violence to help them escape abuse and break the cycle of violence. Priority is given to service in the areas of family law, immigration, and healthcare advocacy.
Delhi Center in
collaboration with
UCI
Teens Engaged in
Learning and
Leadership
$62,053
A leadership development program that trains teens to take an active role in designing and implementing educational and team building activities in their community that teach younger children about gang prevention, problem solving, conflict resolution, avoiding risk and making safe choices.
Girls Inc. of OC StrongHer
Together $34,860
StrongHer Together provides at-risk teen girls with the tools to live a safe and healthy life. The program will serve 8th – 12th grade girls during the school year and the summer. Program elements include social and emotional learning, safe relationships, and substance abuse prevention
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FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan
Program Summaries
Human Options
Promoting Safety
by Assisting
Domestic Violence
Victims
$34,860
The project will provide intensive case management services to Santa Ana residents who self-report domestic violence or who are referred by the Domestic Violence Response Team. Case
management services will include safety planning, assessment of needs and linkages to needed resources.
Lutheran Social
Services of SoCal
Victims
Intervention
Program
$34,860
The Victims Intervention Project will provide women who are victims of crime with evidence-based recovery services – direct mental health services, rental assistance, hotel/motel vouchers, intensive case management, transportation, life skills training and other supportive services.
MOMs OC
Maternal Child
Health
Coordination
Program
$34,860
Santa Ana residents will be provided monthly prenatal and infant home visitation, health education, and mental health support, that measurebly improves the health status and birth outcomes of mothers, fathers, and babies living in poverty.
Nati's House (dba
Neutral Ground)
Summer Night
Lights $34,860
Neutral Ground will provide Summer Night Lights for 5 nights during the summer. Parks and recreation centers will be open late so that families can enjoy safe spaces, meet neighbors, find new opportunities and resources, and create relationships with the City and County agencies that serve them.
Orange County
Children's
Therapeutic Arts
Center
Crime Prevention
and Intervention
Program
$34,860
OCCTAC comprehensive Crime Prevention & Intervention Program will offer Santa Ana youth and parents’ arts enrichment, therapeutic arts, youth and family counseling, parenting classes and crises intervention.
Project Hope
Alliance
On-Site Case
Management
Program (for youth
experiencing
homelessness)
$43,574
The On-Site Case Management Program, for youth experiencing homelessness will provide Santa Ana youth with resources and support to sustain their academic path. Participants are provided customized, wraparound support from case managers who are available for them 24 hours a day.
StandUp for Kids
Orange County
On Campus
Mentoring $34,860
The program provides homeless students with a personalized path to self-sufficiency. A trained StandUp for Kids case manager and mentor meets with each youth at school, twice a week. They receive basic services, adult mentorship, and tutoring in order to graduate and become self-sufficient.
Straight Talk Clinic,
Inc.
Crisis Intervention
& Comprehensive $34,860 Straight Talk Clinic will offer free crisis intervention and comprehensive mental health services and weekly one-hour EXHIBIT 3
FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan
Program Summaries
Mental Health
Services
counseling to extremely low-income Santa Ana residents (seniors, adults, teen, and children five years and older).
Templo Calvario
Community
Development
Corporation
Legado Academy $34,860
The Legado Academy seeks to break the cycle of poverty and thereby decrease the risk of violence and crime by delivering evidence-based parent training and financial education curriculum that are designed to promote long-term family resiliency and support generational financial stability.
United Cerebral
Palsy of OC (dba
Unlimited
Possibilities)
Safety Net Fund $34,860
Unlimited Possibilities long-running Safety Net Fund will provide early intervention, pediatric therapy, and family support services to uninsured and under-insured children and families with disabilities residing in Santa Ana.
WISEPlace Steps to
Independence $34,860
Steps to Independence provides safe emergency shelter and rapid rehousing for unaccompanied homeless women. Women are led through the “WISEPlace Way” which includes comprehensive trauma informed support, legal advocacy and housing placement to help rebuild their lives and heal their traumas.
Total Funding $4,366,478
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