At Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, we provide housing and supportive services to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness across El Dorado County. Our team meets people where they are, helping them access essential resources, find stable housing, and build a path forward. If you or someone you know needs help, call (530) 600-2822 or email [email protected]
We actively connect with people living in encampments and throughout the community to offer immediate support and long-term solutions.
Our outreach teams help individuals:
Through partnerships and programs like Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), we ensure people are not alone in finding help.
We serve as the lead agency for El Dorado County’s Coordinated Entry System—the starting point for anyone seeking housing assistance.
Through this process, we:
Our team provides hands-on support with documentation, benefits, referrals, and housing placement. Drop-in services are available in South Lake Tahoe and on the Western Slope, making it easier to access help when it’s needed most.
Drop-In Hours in South Lake Tahoe
Red Lodge – 1137 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Every Tuesday and Friday, 10 am – 2 pm
Drop-in Hours Western Slope – El Dorado County
The Upper Room 1868 Broadway Placerville, CA 95667 every Tuesday 12 pm – 2 pm
Placerville library 345 Fair Lane Placerville, CA 95667 every Wednesday 12 pm – 2 pm
First Thursday of every month from 10-12 AM at NAMI, 471 Pierroz Rd, Placerville, CA 95667
For individuals and families ready to return to housing, our Rapid Rehousing programs offer short-term financial assistance and support.
This includes:
We provide long-term, affordable housing for some of the community’s most vulnerable residents, including veterans, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and those living with mental health or substance use challenges.
Across our properties—Bear’s Den, Bird’s Nest, and Red Lodge—residents receive:
Having a place to call home creates the foundation for stability, dignity, and renewed opportunity.
As a provider within California’s CalAIM initiative, we integrate healthcare and housing services to better support long-term stability.
Through partnerships with managed care providers, we offer:
This approach recognizes that housing is essential to health—and vice versa.
A program that provides support to survivors of domestic violence.
We also provide specialized support for survivors of domestic violence, helping them safely transition into stable housing.
Provides time‐limited, skills‐building support to help clients acquire, retain, and improve self‐help, socialization, and adaptive skills needed to live stably in the community.
This program offers a shower schedule, lite snacks/water/coffee, team members to assist clients with a variety of supportive services e.g. filling out housing applications, job search assistance, employment interviewing tips, a clothing closet, and much more.
During the winter months, we operate the Red Lodge emergency shelter in South Lake Tahoe. Guests receive:
Our goal is not just temporary shelter, but helping each individual move toward permanent housing.
Our resource guide connects community members with local housing, food, health, transportation, and mental health services — whether or not you work with TCH directly.
Food banks, meal programs, hygiene kits, and clothing resources available throughout the South Lake Tahoe area.
Bread & Broth / St. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church
Vista Rise Collective (Food Distribution)
Our team can provide support with documentation, benefits, referrals, and housing placement. Please complete this brief form so we can contact you for more information on programs that are available to help you.
We are grateful for our community partners. With their support, we are able to provide vital services to our unhoused neighbors.
