FY 2026-27 ESG Funding Plan - Program Summaries
Administration (7.5% cap)
Project Title Organization Funding Description
ESG Program
Administration
City of Santa
Ana Community
Development
Agency (CDA)
$27,620
The program will provide for the overall administration of the ESG Program, to include: preparation and submission of required contracts with HUD, submission of all reporting requirements, provision of individual project oversight, monitoring of all proje ct implementation and ongoing completion, and fiscal management and oversight. Program Administration is performed by a combination of staff and professional consultant(s). Proposed funding am ount calculated based off 7.5% admin cap.
Emergency Shelter and Outreach Services (60% cap)
HEART Program
Homelessness
Outreach &
Engagement
City of Santa
Ana Police
Department
$63,209
Santa Ana Police Officers will contact individuals experiencing homelessness and attempt to provide the person(s) with necessary resources. The various resources will include lodging at the Link or Courtyard homeless shelters, transportation and social or mental health services utilizing the County PERT team members. Through a collaborative approach, officers will work the entire City in areas that are impacted by calls for service, citizen complaints, or noticeable encampments.
Domestic Violence
Shelter Services Interval House $86,324
Interval House provides life-saving shelter and support to homeless victims of domestic violence and their children from the most underserved communities in Santa Ana. Interval House shelter programs offer a safe, caring, and homelike environment for adults, adolescents, and children in life-threatening situations who are left homeless as a result of domestic violence.
ADDITONAL SPECIALIZED SUPPORT SERVICES: Comprehensive counseling; legal; health and wellness; financial management; employment counseling; permanent housing; and other services as needed, provided by skilled counselors in over 70 languages.
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FY 2026-27 ESG Funding Plan - Program Summaries
Homelessness Relocation & Stabilization Services
Rapid Rehousing
Volunteers of
America Los
Angeles
$63,324
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles will provide rental subsidy plus security deposits, application fees, utility and moving costs over the 12-month period. The program supervisor will provide case management to help support these participants throughout the course of the enrollment in the program to help with housing stability.
Rapid Rehousing for
unaccompanied
homeless women
WISEPlace $63,324
WISEPlace provides shelter, food, trauma-informed care and related services to unaccompanied homeless women.
The shelter provides case management, employment assistance and financial empowerment that serves women from age 18 to 65 and older. The women served include young women leaving foster care, those who have suffered from domestic violence or human trafficking, those who experienced a financial catastrophe, or women recovering from drug abuse, alcohol abuse or incarceration.
The Rapid Rehousing services include case management, financial empowerment curriculum, housing search support and placement and permanent supportive housing financial support, such as deposit assistance, security deposits, help with moving costs and utilities.
Data Collection HMIS (3%)
HMIS – Homeless
Management
Information System
OC United Way -
211 $64,471
211OC will facilitate HMIS coordination, communication, training, and technical assistance of Santa Ana ESG sub- recipients to ensure adherence to data quality, supporting the City's efforts to fully comply with the HEARTH Act of 2009. 211OC will: provide user meetings, perform site visits, provide training/technical assistance, run data quality reports to post and make available online (www.211oc.org), complete project set-ups, update the dashboard created for the Mercy House Link on a monthly basis.
Total funding $368,272
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