$25K pilot program aims to address sanitation concerns at homeless camp in Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/9/2021 Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Mar. 9—The city of Tacoma hopes to improve sanitation conditions at a homeless encampment downtown by placing portable toilets, hand-washing stations and trash bins nearby. The city is spending $25,000 from the general fund to start a 30-day Hygiene Station Pilot Program on South 8th Street and Yakima Avenue that includes: — — — Routine daytime monitoring The city partnered with a private property owner to establish the hygiene station, which will be in operation through April 7. The city has seen encampments increasing across Tacoma, according to Allyson Griffith, assistant director for the Neighborhood and Community Services Department.