GOV Homeless Services GAP Analysis Comm 10 29 2026

The Nashua Homeless Services Gap Analysis Committee held its first meeting on October 29, 2026. The committee is tasked with completing a comprehensive review of the city’s homeless-services system and making recommendations within 90 days. Members elected Jane Goodman as chair, Alicia Craig as clerk, and Tonya Nicely as vice chair, and agreed to plan for weekly Thursday meetings, adjusting around holidays as needed. Discussion focused on defining the committee’s work, gathering reliable quantitative and qualitative data, documenting service gaps across city departments and nonprofit providers, and ensuring the final report is useful to policymakers and the community.

Members proposed compiling baseline information on services, shelter and housing inventory, point-in-time counts, system performance, and city funding or resources related to homelessness. Potential sources mentioned included the Public Health budget, opioid abatement funds, Community Development Block Grants, the Housing Trust Fund, and mayoral funding. These were identified for review and context; no budget allocation, contract award, vendor selection, or other procurement action was identified. Members also emphasized that recommendations should be grounded in data and consider possible city, nonprofit, and policy changes.