AHP News

Arcata House Partnership received the following announcement of an award of California Homekey 2 grant money for purchase and renovation of the Days Inn in Valley West, Arcata, April 13, 2022:

Too often, people who are homeless live and die without ever being noticed. If they are served by Arcata House Partnership (AHP), however, they are seen and memorialized for the full lives they led. These last months have been particularly difficult for many, and four people that AHP served have passed.

Each year the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) honors best practices in county government with their Challenge Awards. In 2021, the Humboldt County Probation Department’s The Next Step Program earned the Challenge Award for Administration of Justice and Public Safety.

In a December 1, 2021 Times Standard article, “Arcata seeks feedback for homeless housing projects,” Jackson Guilfoil reports on two meetings held by Arcata House Partnership and the Danco Group to solicit input on their proposal to convert two Valley West hotels into housing for the homeless.

In a November 30, 2021 Lost Coast Outpost article, “Arcata House Partnership and Danco Seek to Convert Two Valley West Hotels Into Homeless Housing Developments,” Stephanie McGeary reports on projects proposed by Arcata House Partnership and The Danco Group to convert two Valley West hotels to provide rooms for chronically homeless individuals.

Radley, a local 3rd-grade student, chose Arcata House Partnership for his Community Project. His model of the Annex highlights the people being helped in our community. We’re so impressed with his presentation and honored to be chosen.

Arcata House Partnership was named Non-Profit of the Year by the Arcata Chamber of Commerce. The award was announced on Thursday, March 4, as part of the Chamber’s Annual Business Leadership Awards at their First Thursday Virtual Mixer on Zoom.

In a March 11, 2021 North Coast Journal article, “Feeding Humboldt's Hungry,” Elaine Weinreb reports on local organizations working to feed the hungry in Humboldt County despite the challenges of the current pandemic, including Arcata House Partnership

Arcata Main Street named Arcata House Partnership their non-profit of the month for December, 2020, to embody the theme of “hope.”

Thank you so much to RE/MAX Humboldt Realty for their recent generous $5,000 donation.

On December 8th, local sports gear and apparel company, Kokotat, donated 20 blankets to Arcata House Partnership. AHP would like to thank them for their generosity in providing warmth for those who need it this winter.

As reported in the Humboldt Times Standard: “The Yurok Tribe worked with the Arcata House Partnership to secure the funding from the fifth round of awards from the $30.7 million available through the state’s Project Homekey, which is intended to get homeless Californians permanently off the streets.”

In his opinion piece in the Times-Standard, Eric Duff highlights Arcata House Partnership’s collaboration with the City of Arcata, the Arcata Police Department, and Humboldt County Emergency Services to host two managed campgrounds within the Arcata City limits during the Covid-19 crisis.

On May 8, 2020, Kevin L. Hoover of the Mad River Union reported on Arcata House Partnership’s efforts to help feed the unhoused in Arcata during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Lost Coast Outpost reported on the partnership between the City of Arcata and Arcata House Partnership to provide emergency shelter for the city’s unhoused in two city-owned parking lots during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In July 2020 Co-op shoppers in Arcata and Eureka can “round up” their register receipts to support Arcata House Partnership’s food programs, including shelter gardens, gleaning from local grocers and restaurants, and meals for the homeless on Extreme Weather Shelter nights. 

Junior Girl Scouts from Northern California Troop 90020 brought the gift of reading to families at the One Stop in June, 2019.