What We Do
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Compassion. Dignity. Respect.
Since 1991, Arcata House Partnership has been integral to providing critical services to people who are homeless in Arcata and Humboldt County.
Helping People Transform Their Lives
In December, 2020, Arcata Main Street chose Arcata House Partnership to embody their theme of “hope” as their non-profit of the month.
A client attempting to re-unify with their children was able to give up cigarettes and alcohol.
A single Dad came in to the shelter with his young daughter and teenage son. The life he had led prior to coming into the family shelter had left him seemingly defeated and hopeless. He seemed to lack any form of confidence, and had no faith that he would ever be able to have his own place to call home. He worked with his case manager to get housed and earn his GED. He began to feel whole again. After going through the Family Shelter Program he is a completely different person, and has finally found that confidence he was always looking for within himself.
There was a single Dad and veteran that came in with his two young sons. He had/ was experiencing crippling PTSD/Panic Attacks, He wasn’t able to even walk outside. Throughout his time in the family shelter his Case Manager worked with him to get counseling, and with the skills he has attained not only do he and his family live in their own apartment, but he now is able to walk to the grocery store with managable anxiety.
A couple in their early twenties was expecting a baby. In 5 months, they worked to get their own apartment, and secure a job. He is still working in the same job, they are still housed in that apartment, and mom still stops in with the baby to say hi every couple of months.
In 2018, 2 people who were chronically ill were provided a bed in the adult shelter. They were connected with medical care and hospice care so that they could die with dignity in a place that was safe and offered compassion and friendship.
Family of 7 Graduates from AHP
December 2024: In the winter of 2018, a family came to us for help. They had been living in a van with five children for the past four years. The parents had recently overcome substance use disorders and were looking for any opportunity to rebuild their lives and create a stable home for their children. Our staff got to work, connecting the family to local resources from healthcare to food supports and obtaining the documents they would need to apply for housing. Our staff struggled to find a house that would accommodate the large family & still be affordable under a housing voucher. We worked with a local landlord and succeeded in getting them housed in Arcata under a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Voucher.
While being housed they stabilized as family. The mother got a job and they successfully paid off their debts, building their credit scores and working towards financial independence. Our Case Managers worked with the family to set goals and plan for their future. This April they moved into their own place out of town and graduated from the PSH Program. They are clean, financially secure and in the process of buying their first home. Our staff are proud the report that the family is thriving and very much looking forward to this next chapter in their lives.
