Tahoe Forest board adopts Tahoe Truckee regional homeless action plan, eyes navigation center and 44 supportive units

The Tahoe Forest Hospital District Board of Directors voted unanimously to accept the Tahoe Truckee regional homeless action plan and directed staff to continue participating with regional partners on implementation, including early work on navigation-center services and community outreach.

The plan, developed over 18 months with Agnew | Beck as consultant and funded in part by the Community Foundation and state technical-assistance funding, concluded the study area (roughly the Tahoe-Truckee Unified school district boundary) currently contains an estimated 78 unserved households and a disproportionate share of chronically homeless individuals. "I truly believe that homelessness is caused by lack of housing," Jasmine Breaux, program manager, said during the presentation.

Board Chair McGarry and board members discussed the plan’s four strategic areas — crisis stabilization, stable housing for high-vulnerability households, partnership and structure, and sustainable funding…