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El Dorado County updates navigation center operations; officials cite reduced average stay and more exits to permanent housing
Summary
County health officials briefed supervisors on the navigation center's second-year operations, reporting a drop in the county's point-in-time homeless count, shorter average stays at the center and a rise in exits to permanent housing while noting ongoing costs and capacity limits.
Assistant Director Timbaland Janes told the Board of Supervisors on April 29 that the county's navigation center continues to be a central tool in responding to homelessness, and presented cumulative and year-over-year data on operations.
The navigation center opened in 2023. Janes said the 2024 point-in-time count for El Dorado County showed 284 people experiencing homelessness, down from 511 in 2022. She emphasized that point-in-time counts are single-day snapshots and can vary based on methodology, weather and local outreach.
The county reported 56 law-enforcement-referred beds and 6 COC (continuum of care) beds at the center. Janes said the average length of stay fell from 89 days in year one to 62 days in year two and that exits to permanent housing increased from 19 in the first year to 43 in the second year — 62 total over two years. She said staff recorded 210 income-maximization encounters, 411 document-readiness…
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