Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless receives $100K donation from Kyle and Jessica Aster
Submitted by paula on Mon, 11/14/2022 - 5:56pm
● Project Homekey has greatly reduced these unnecessary medical calls and stays by 40% Saving the community a lot of money.
● Over the last two years, unsheltered homelessness in South Lake Tahoe is down by more than 80%
● Calls for service and avoidable hospitalizations were reduced by over 40%.
● The South Lake Tahoe Police Department reported a significant drop in calls related to homelessness. In 2020 there were 1,159 to just 796 in 2021.
● Clients staying in Project Homekey housing are only required to pay 30% of their income for the housing.
● They also recently achieved ‘functional zero’ for Veteran homelessness. 16% of clients living in Project Homekey housing are veterans.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH) has announced they received an incredibly generous donation from Kyle and Jessica Aster. The Asters made a donation of $100,000 that will help with their operational shortfall as winter begins. These funds are helping at a
critical time as temperatures plummet, more snow is on the way, and they are under renovations on rooms for new tenants. Currently, forty rooms are housing vulnerable members of our community, and twenty more units will be available in 2023.
● 87% of Homeless people in El Dorado County resided in El Dorado County for 3+ years before becoming homeless.
● Project Homekey has greatly reduced these unnecessary medical calls and stays by 40% Saving the community a lot of money.
● Over the last two years, unsheltered homelessness in South Lake Tahoe is down by more than 80%
● Calls for service and avoidable hospitalizations were reduced by over 40%.
● The South Lake Tahoe Police Department reported a significant drop in calls related to homelessness. In 2020 there were 1,159 to just 796 in 2021.
● Clients staying in Project Homekey housing are only required to pay 30% of their income for the housing.
● They also recently achieved ‘functional zero’ for Veteran homelessness. 16% of clients living in Project Homekey housing are veterans.
TCH’s main headquarters offers a range of services and resources in one central location. The front lobby has basic hygiene supplies, warm coats and hats, light snacks, and water bottles. Clients can access phones, computers, wireless internet, and printers. TCH staff assists in completing job and housing applications, creating and printing resumes, and searching for apartments. Restrooms are also available, and clients can sign up to take a
hot shower, which helps many maintain employment while saving up and searching for housing.
The services TCH can provide, along with community partners, save lives and save our community a lot of money.
The TCH Board says they are dedicated to continuing to offer life-changing services and to completing necessary improvements to their three properties so that they may provide permanent affordable housing with services long into the future. They said they value their partnerships with the City of South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, El Dorado County, supporters, volunteers, and community support alike.
Consider the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless in your year-end donations as we head into colder months and the Season of Giving. $33 supports one resident’s housing per day; $142/day-utilities/day per property; $1000 supports a resident for a month. Contact them at info@tahoehomeless.org, https://tahoehomeless.org/.