Advocacy
Adult Protective Services
808 E Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 476-2100
Toll-Free (866) 527-8614
www.humboldtgov.org/499/adult-protective-services
Victim advocacy, counseling, money management, conservatorship, out-of-home placement, information and referral. Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.
Advisory Council – Area 1 Agency on Aging
333 J Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 442-3763
www.a1aa.org
Develops four-year plan to spend Older Americans Act funds for programs and services. Advocates for issues impacting older adults, adults with disability and their family caregivers. Holds annual public hearings on Older American Act fund services. Advocates for issues impacting older adults, adults with disabilities and their family caregivers.
Humboldt County Community Rights Commission
825 5th Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 268-2548
Toll-Free (866) 809-4373
www.humboldtgov.org/1308/Human-Rights-Commission
Consults with individuals about human rights violations or discrimination due to social category. Aids in eradication of discrimination. Commission meetings are open to the public.
Humboldt Mediation Services
317 3rd Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 572-4092
www.humboldtmediationservices.org
Provides trained and experienced mediators to assist in resolving conflicts and disputes including divorce/separation, tenant-landlord issues, family conflict, workplace or business conflicts and child custody.
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program – Area 1 Agency on Aging
333 J Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 269-1330
Toll-Free (800) 231-4024
www.a1aa.org
Investigates and works to resolve elder abuse complaints made by or on behalf of residents in long-term care facilities.
Making Headway Center for Brain Injury Recovery
730 K Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 442-7668
www.mhwcenter.org
Support groups, day program, and in-home support for individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Mental Health Patients’ Rights Advocate Humboldt County
720 Wood Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 268-2995
Behavioral Health 24-hour Crisis Line (707) 445-7715
Toll-Free Crisis Line (888) 849-5728
www.humboldtgov.org/431/patients-rights-advocacy-services
Assists clients in locked and unlocked mental health facilities. Services include a patients’ rights advocate that promote and represent clients’ rights and interests for people receiving mental health services.
Pacific ADA Center
555 12th Street, Suite 1030, Oakland, CA 94607
Voice/Relay (510) 831-6714
Toll-Free (800) 949-4232
www.adapacific.org
Services offered to people with disabilities, their supporters, businesses, governments, nonprofits, employers. Topics covered: communication and technology, education, emergency preparedness, employment and the workplace, facility and building accessibility, healthcare, housing, disability laws and regulations, service and emotional support animals and transportation.
Eureka NAACP
Labor Temple 840 E St, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 502-2546
www.eurekanaacp.org
Ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race. NAACP membership is open to all, members advocate for laws and policies to improve the community.
Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI)
627 3rd St, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 442-8413
www.hapihumboldt.org
email address: hapi.humboldt@gmail.com
Builds and empowers the community by amplifying diverse voices and perspectives for a more engaged and inclusive future. Offers projects and community events run by volunteers.
Native Women’s Collective
(707) 840-4654
www.nativewomenscollective.org
email address: nwc@nativewomenscollective.org
Supports continued growth of Native American arts, culture, and leadership.
Public Guardian/Conservator
1105 6th Street, Suite A, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-7343
www.humboldtgov.org//513/Public-Guardian-Office
The Public Guardian Office serves as conservator for people with various types of disabilities. The office acts as the representative payee for people deemed by the Social Security Administration to require having an agency act as the Payee.
Individual & Systems Advocacy – Tri County Independent Living (TCIL)
139 5th Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-8404
TTY (707) 502-3227
(833) 866-8444
www.tilinet.org
Individual Advocacy supports a person to medical appointments, housing interviews, social security visits or meetings with vocational rehabilitation counselors. Systems Advocacy supports with advocating for curb cuts, street crossings, buildings or anything else that will help all individuals have equal access to society by dismantling barriers in the community.
Victim Witness Program
825 5th Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-7417
www.humboldtgov.org/1360/victim-witness-assistance-program
Services offered to victims of crime include: crisis intervention, emergency assistance, referrals, case information, & status & disposition. Offers support in court with orientation, escort, restraining orders. Assistance with applying to California Victim of Crime Compensation for financial losses that occur due to crime.
Queer Humboldt
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 45 Arcata, CA 95518
Phone/Text: (707) 502-2890
www.queerhumboldt.org
An anti-racist, anti-colonialist resource center.
Black Humboldt
39 5th Street, Eureka, CA, 95501
(707) 840-4641
(707) 822-5953
www.blackhumboldt.com
Interested in networking and building relationships in the community with the black and brown population residing in and visiting Humboldt County.
Equity Arcata
Arcata City Hall, 736 F Street, Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 822-5953
www.equityarcata.com
Working to make Arcata a more inclusive and welcoming environment for people of color. The program needs of donations to support students include non-perishable food items, toiletries like soap, shampoo, conditioner, menstrual supplies, toilet paper, and household cleaning supplies. Drop off at the city manager’s office inside Arcata City Hall.
Centro del Pueblo
630 11th Street, Arcata CA 95521
P.O. Box 1174, Arcata CA, 95518
(707) 683-5293
www.cdpueblo.com
email address: cdpoutreach@cdpueblo.com
Offers a safe space for the raza/indigena community to advance culturally, politically, and practically on California’s North Coast.
Education
Cal Poly Humboldt
1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521
Student & Business Services Building, 2nd floor
(707) 826-3011
https://extended.humboldt.edu
College university offering various types of academic courses and college degrees, as well as a campus disability resource center to meet the educational and employment needs of students, staff, and faculty living with a disability.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)-Cal Poly Humboldt
1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521
Student & Business Services Building, 2nd floor
(707) 826-5880
https://extended.humboldt.edu/olli
Provides post-secondary scholarship funding to colleges and universities across the nation, with special attention to reentry students. It also supports a national lifelong learning network for older
adults 50+, but is open to all learners 18+.
Over 60 Program
(707) 826-3731
https://extended.humboldt.edu/extended-education/courses-programs/over- 60-program
Discount on tuition for adults over age 60.
College of the Redwoods
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 476-4100
www.redwoods.edu
Vocational certificates, degree and education programs, and placement testing.
Klamath-Trinity Instructional Site for College of The Redwoods
65 Orchard Street, Hoopa, CA 95546
(530) 625-4821
www.redwoods.edu/locations/kt/index.php
Site is located on the Hoopa Indian reservation, approximately sixty miles northeast of Eureka. Students can pursue Degrees or Certificates in nine subject areas.
Adult and Community Programs
525 D Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 476-4500
www.redwoods.edu/academics/ace/index.php
Off campus instructional site offering community education and business development. Provides a wide-range of not-for-credit classes, programs, trainings and workshops to develop professional skills, enhance career opportunities, enrich personal knowledge, and promote cultural and academic growth.
Eureka Adult School
216 West Harris, Eureka, CA 95503
(707) 441-2448
https://eas.eurekacityschools.org/
High school and GED preparation.
Humboldt County Library
1313 Third Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 269-1915
www.humboldtgov.org/1518/Eureka-Main-Library
Library provides eBooks, the California Relay Service to reserve paper books, movies, and audiobooks on CD. Library door delivery service within 5 miles of Arcata, Eureka, or Fortuna Library. The Library buildings in Eureka, Fortuna, Garberville and Rio Dell are fully accessible sites.
Humboldt Literacy Project
(707) 445-3655
www.humboldtliteracy.org
email address: literacyhelpers@gmail.com
Connects with adults 18+ who wish to improve their reading and writing for free with an adult volunteer tutor. Learners must have the ability to maintain their own schedule, transportation, and communications in order to work with a tutor.
Redwood Community Action Agency
904 G Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 269-2001
www.rcaa.org/community-programs
Provides a myriad of services including: affordable housing, youth services, energy services, property management, employment opportunities, and money management skills.
Employment
North Coast Small Business Development Center
317 3rd Street, Suite 12 Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-9720
www.northcoastsbdc.org
Offers no-cost, confidential advising in 18 areas. Provides information, consulting, counseling, and educational materials for self-employment and other small business topics. Resource library, pre-ventures seminars, web-based tools, and other workshops offered.
The Job Market/Humboldt County Economic Development Division
409 K Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 441-5627
www.gohumco.com/359/the-job-market
All job seekers’ have access to: computer lobby, career counselors, workshops, job listings, and fairs. Clients can access: paid schooling, certificates, transportation, work clothes, on the job training, work experience, internships, and mock interviews.
Financial Assistance
California Center for Financial Education
627 3rd Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 442-8413
www.inkpeople.org/dreammaker-data/california-center-for-financial-education
Provides financial literacy and education classes. Topics covered include: budgeting, savings, reducing/eliminating debt, understanding credit, watching out for fraud, how to teach your children about money, and much more.
Lifeline California
Toll-Free (866) 272-0357
www.californialifeline.com/en
Provides discounted home and cell phone services to eligible households. One discount per household is allowed (except for teletypewriter users and for Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program participants). Each household must choose to get the discount either on a home phone or on a cell phone, but not on
both.
Social Security Administration
3144 Broadway Street, Eureka, CA 95501
Toll-Free (866) 828-1991
TTY (866) 325-0778
Toll-Free (800) 772-1213
www.ssa.gov
In-person & online services including applying for retirement, disability, medicare, survivor, family benefits. Provides replacement Medicare & social security cards. Offers the PASS Plan-a SSI provision to help individuals with disabilities return to work.
Legal Assistance
Family Law Help Center
825 5th Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 269-1223
www.humboldt.courts.ca.gov/self-help/family-law
Assistance is available for a variety of different family law case types such as: domestic violence, divorce, separation & nullity, custody & child support, request an order, guardianship & adoptions, grandparent visitation, and mediation services.
Humboldt County Bar Association
PO Box 310, Eureka, CA 95502
(707) 440-9119
www.hcbar.net
A voluntary association of attorneys practicing many different areas of law. These include attorneys in both private practice and public practice. Find an attorney or refer to helpful resource links.
Legal Services of Northern California
123 3rd Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-0866
Toll-Free (800) 222-1753
www.lsnc.net
Provides free legal services to individuals through advocacy, litigation, legislation, administrative advocacy, and community development work. In areas of affordable housing, public benefits, health, natural disaster, unemployment insurance, IHSS
support, post conviction relief, employment, name & gender petitions, and civil rights.
Small Claims Court
421 I Street, Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-7256
www.selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/small-claims
A local court in which claims for small sums of money can be heard and decided quickly and cheaply, without legal representation.
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Drop Box Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.