Financial Assistance

Eureka

• Easter Seals Society
  3289 Edgewood Rd., PO Box 109
  Eureka, CA 95501/95502
  707-445-3106
  emorgan@ca-no.easter-seals.org
  Services to persons with disabilities, including assistance with travel related costs.
• Humboldt County Dept. of Social Services
  • Dept. of Health and Human Services
    929 Koster St.
    Eureka, CA 95501
    707-269-3590
    Provides cash subsistence benefit and Medi-Cal to income eligible families with dependent children.
  • Food Stamps
    929 Koster St.
    Eureka, CA 95501
    discontinued
    Food supplementation program for income eligible persons providing coupons which may be redeemed for food items.
  • General Assistance
    929 Koster St.
    Eureka, CA 95501
    707-445-6103
    Cash subsistence benefit to destitute individuals who do not qualify for other cash aid programs (SSI, AFDC).
  • Medi-Cal
    929 Koster St.
    Eureka, CA 95501
    707-445-6113
    Federal and State funded health care insurance for low income families and individuals.
• MediCare Information
  800-952-8627
• Redwood Coast Regional Center
  808 E St.
  Eureka, CA 95501
  707-445-0893
  Provides wide array of support services to developmentally disabled individuals, those at risk of developmental disability and their families.
• Redwood Community Action Agency
  904 G St.
  Eureka, CA 95501
  707-444-3831
  Utilities payment assistance and home weatherization programs.

Arcata

• Consumer Credit Counseling Service
  1309 11th St.
  Arcata, CA 95521
  707-822-8536
  800-762-1811 fax:822-1942
  cccsnc@humboldt1.com
  Provides debt counseling, financial education services and individual debt management programs.

Fortuna

• St. Joseph Resource Center
  2331 Rohnerville Rd.
  Fortuna, CA 95540
  707-725-5239
  Cleaning Deposit Fund; provides established residents of Humboldt County with funds to assist in relocating to improved housing opportunities. Eel River valley area only.