Will Pierce County house become an assisted living facility? Here’s what we know
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- Trouvés Health completed a county pre-application screening for a 16-bed facility proposal
- County records flagged Rural 10 zoning and require a conditional use permit for expansion
- Trouvés runs behavioral and memory-care sites and proposes hospice and respite services.
A health care corporation is exploring the possibility of turning a house across from the Key Peninsula Civic Center into an assisted living facility, dependent on approvals from Pierce County.
Trouves Vaughn LLLP completed a pre-application screening with the county to open a 16-bed assisted living facility at the property at 17011 S. Vaughn Road NW, Pierce County permit records show. The property owner is listed as 17011 S Vaughn LLC.
Pierce County spokesperson Christina Rohila wrote in an email that a pre-application screening is an optional step applicants can take to get more information about what they might need before moving forward with a formal permit application. “It doesn’t authorize any work,” she wrote.
She noted that the pre-application screening identified the proposed facility as a non-permitted use for the site’s Rural 10 zoning and the Key Peninsula Community Plan area.
The News Tribune reached out to a Trouvés Health Care Corporation representative with questions and received a press release Oct. 23 via email.
“Trouves House at Vaughn, LLLP entered into a long-term lease in 2021 at 17011 S Vaughn Rd and began a cosmetic restoration,” the statement said. “The property has an allowable use as an adult family home for up to 6 residents. We are exploring the option of expanding that into a 16-bed assisted living facility which would require a conditional use permit from the county.”
A conditional use permit is a permit allowing a development intended to serve a unique use that “require a special degree of control to assure compatibility with the Comprehensive Plan, adjacent uses, and the character of the vicinity,” per the Pierce County Code.
As of Oct. 24, the company had not submitted applications for a conditional use permit. After accepting a complete permit application, the county follows timelines outlined in the Pierce County Code. For conditional use permits, which require notice and a public hearing before the Pierce County Hearing Examiner, the Hearing Examiner has 170 days to grant, deny or modify the application. The clock starts after the applicant is notified that their application is complete, subject to exemptions such as if the Hearing Examiner asks the applicant to provide additional information.
Trouvés Health Care Corporation is a behavioral health long-term care provider, according to their website. The company currently runs St. Ann’s in Tacoma, an assisted living facility that serves individuals with behavioral mental health concerns and memory loss.
The company’s website also lists other facilities including an assisted living facility in Yakima; a crisis relief center in Fife providing up to 24 hours of care; a stabilization center that provides up to 14 days of care; a health care college; and the adult family home in Vaughn, though webpages aren’t active for any of these facilities.
The St. Ann’s facility at 6602 S. Alaska St. appears in an online search tool for assisted living facilities through the state Department of Social and Health Services, which licenses assisted living facilities.
The company also appears to have applied for a license as a Behavioral Health Agency, according to a search tool on the state Department of Health website. The license is listed as “pending” for a company named “Trouves Health Care Crisis Stabilization, Inc.” Department of Health spokesperson Frank Ameduri confirmed via email Monday that the DOH database is up to date, and explained that a “pending” license “usually means the facility has applied for licensure but has not yet completed all the necessary steps to achieve full licensure or ‘Active’ status.”
The company press release said that the potential assisted living facility in Vaughn would serve clients who “require long-term care and/or are in need of medical respite and hospice.”
“Currently, Trouves uses the property as a destination activity location for residents from our other communities to enjoy, and for company retreats,” the release said.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with information about active or pending licenses for facilities associated with Trouvés Health Care Corporation.
This story was originally published October 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM.
