COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING

HOMELESSNESS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY

ISSUE 9 of 9 04.10.20

Getting Tested (EOC process for County 4/7/2020; altered process for SoHum in
progress but for now, SoHum should follow this chart. If testing is indicated, EOC
will provide transportation to testing, lodging after testing if necessary and food
for persons placed in motels anywhere in Humboldt County. (“SCREENER” IS ANY
OUTREACH STAFF OR HOMELESSNESS SERVICE PROVIDER.)

SEE CHART ON FOLLOWING PAGE

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Scr eener asks: Ar e you exper iencing any of the following?

- Fever of 100.4+ (take temperature if possible or just ask)
- Cough
- Shor tness of Br eath

No symptoms but meet one of the following criteria:

- Elderly (65+)
YES - Physically Disabled
YES
Monday - Friday - High risk of developing COVID-19:
After hours
8am - 5pm - Persons with chronic lung disease
- Persons with severe asthma
- Persons with serious heart conditions
Screener helps - Persons who are immuno-compromised
Screener helps client call St. - Persons undergoing cancer treatment
client call Open Joseph Hospital
Door Triage RN
- Persons who are severely obese (body
ER 269-4250 to
(M-F, 8am - 5pm) mass index [BMI] 40+)
determine testing
845-9188 need - Persons with diabetes
- Persons with chronic kidney disease
undergoing dialysis
- Persons with liver disease
Testing Testing
Needed? Needed?

Yes
If you have a client who is NOT experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and
No meets the above criteria - community partners call DHHS-HOME
program at 296-5145. HOME staff will work with community partners on
prioritization, intake, and case management to meet client needs.
Lodging in a motel will be provided by DHHS.

Screener calls for

transportation to testing

24/7 call 268-3360 to dispatch a driver

for transportation to/from screening, testing,
hotel. Tell dispatch: your name & call back
After testing, provider calls for number. You will be called back within 15
transportation to lodging minutes with details about client pick-up.

Short-term hotel rooms and food for houseless individuals is

being IMMEDIATELY provided to those who need to be in:
- Isolation: COVID-19 positive, or symptomatic and awaiting test
results
- Quarantine: exposed to COVID-19 (as documented by an
official quarantine order) but not showing symptoms

Humboldt County Emergency Operations Center

Health & Welfare Branch - Homeless Unit

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Humboldt Senior Resource Center

Their dining hall is closed. No group activities are currently taking place.
I (Barbara Walser) am forwarding this information as there has been some misinformation regarding the
home delivered meals program. At this point we are not enrolling anyone new into the home delivered
meal program.

This is an update on our most current plan for all three communities. There will be a roll out of this plan
depending on the community. Hot meals will be available for pick up at the Eureka site, by reservation,
through next Monday (no weekend meals).

Arcata change is effective Wednesday, March 25th.

Fortuna change is effective Thursday, March 26th .
Eureka change is effective Tuesday, March 31st.

• Nutrition Program: Home Delivered Meal service continues. Delivery days will be
adjusted and all participants will receive an update. At the Senior Dining
Centers, take-out frozen meals, available via drive-by pick-up only, are available
for people 60 and older and their spouse. Participants will begin receiving a
variety of five meals per pick up, as follows. Reservations are required.
o Arcata – Pick-up Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., phone
707-825-2027. Drive to the east side of the building where the
Senior Room entrance is located and staff will bring the meal(s) to
you.
o Eureka – Pick-up Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. - phone
707-442-1181. Please drive into the parking lot and park in a space
near the back door; staff will bring the meal(s) to you.
o Fortuna Pick-up Thursdays from 12 Noon – 12:30 p.m., phone 707-
725-6245. Pull up in front of the Fortuna Senior Center wing; staff
will bring the meal(s) to you.

Food for People (New location is 2112 Broadway, Eureka, Ca.) NOTE CORRECTED INFO!!!!!
There is NO first come, first serve at the Eureka Pantry! We are asking people to make appointments by
calling 407-0447. The Pantry is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 11-3 at 2112 Broadway in Eureka.
We start taking calls on Mondays for appointments that same week. We will do our best to
accommodate those who are unable to make appointments but our priority is to serve those
with appointments first. If anyone has questions, please call the pantry directly for information.
We realize this may be confusing but we’ve had to change our protocols to more effectively
manage the flow of people including social distancing and having people remain in their cars (if

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they are driving) until we can serve them. The number of people requesting food is rapidly
growing and we’re doing our best to keep everyone safe and still serve as many people as
possible. We hope our partners will help us share that message with the people we all serve. I
know we all want to do everything possible to keep our clients, staff and volunteers
safe! Listings of other pantry sites countywide and their hours of operation can be found at our
website www.foodforpeople.org.

St. Vincent De Paul & Free Meal

Continuing food service daily from 11:00-12:30. Will provide hot meals for as long as possible. If hot
meals are not available, cold bag lunches will be provided. Meals are being taken outside. Street is
blocked off from corner to corner and chairs have been set up on the street.

Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is also providing weekly food bags from 9-12 along with kid’s activities packs. We
have meal bags for homeless (or ready to eat) available daily Monday- Friday 9-12. We have limited
hygiene kits available as well. We will deliver food bags locally to self-quarantined individuals or seniors.

Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center

In Eureka, corner of 7th Street and C Street, will be distributing meals at this location from 3:30 -4:30pm
Monday through Friday. Facility itself is closed but registered clients can still access mail service. Staff
will be on-site to answer phones and provide referrals and information as needed.

Arcata House Partnership Annex

Serving food-to-go at the Annex (next to ball field in Arcata; 501 9th St) Monday-Friday 1 to 4.

Eureka Rescue Mission

The Mission is still serving breakfast between 08:00 – 09:00. It is being served on the sidewalk and to
non-guests outside of the facility.

Humboldt County Office of Education has a website that is updated daily with resources for
students and families with children. Includes schedule and locations for meals and other
services and support. HCOE.org/COVID

(ADDITIONAL FOOD RESOURCES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON)

Hygiene Kits
Salvation Army in Eureka has limited hygiene kits available Monday-Friday 9-12.

Restrooms and Handwashing stations (Toilet=BST, HWS=Hand wash station, ADA if known)

City of Eureka has restrooms open 7 days per week from approximately 8 am until 4 pm. All are cleaned
and sanitized twice per day. The Old Town location does have frequent clogging issues that are
addressed as quickly as possible. BST, HWS, ADA
Truesdale Vista Point
Del Norte Street Pier Park
Old Town

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Additionally, City of Eureka has provided an ADA porta-pottie at Free Meal that is serviced three times
per week. BST, ADA

City of Arcata provides a 24/7 restroom at the corner of F and 8th Streets across from ball park. BST,
HWS, ADA
Additional units placed by City of Arcata at following locations:
• At Annex on F and 8th St BST
• 2 units at Arcata Community Center BST, HWS
• At Foster and Alliance BST, HWS
• At Carlson Park – Valley West BST, HWS
• At Valley East Blvd at turn into Valley West BST, HWS
• MORE WILL BE ADDED NEXT WEEK

Arcata House Partnership Annex

Porta potty located at Annex, 501 9th St, Arcata. HWS

City of Eureka provides hand-washing stations at Eureka Rescue Mission and SVDP Free Meal locations.
Serviced 3 times/week. HWS

Arcata House Partnership Annex

Hand-washing station at Annex, 501 9th St, Arcata HWS

City of Rio Dell has installed a public wash station on the corner of Wildwood and Elko. HWS

Southern Humboldt
SHO and Chautauqua Natural Foods are supporting stations at the following locations: HWS

• in front of the Redway Post office on Redwood Drive in Redway.

• next to Deb's All American Hamburgers on Redwood Drive in Redway
• on Redwood Drive a couple hundred feet from where it meets Alderpoint Road at north
end of Garberville
• at the South end of Garberville next to the Feather Rose Thrift Store
• Parking lot in Garberville at Locust and Church

Shelter Open (Additional opening will be announced soon)

Youth Services Bureau – RCAA has shelter available homeless youth

Shelter Closed
Arcata House Partnership shelters are closed to new entries.
Betty Chinn Village is closed to new entries.

Showers

Betty’s Showers are still in operation.

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Substance Use Treatment (Information on other resources being confirmed)

Waterfront Recovery Services

Phone number for assessments is (707) 269-9590 ext 202. We will be doing assessments via
telephone (those prospective patients or residents with significant mental health or medical
issues will have their records requested). We may still be doing walk-in assessments for
referrals from EPD, I will check with Dr. Bayan. Funding is dwindling due to failure of DHCS to
implement the DMC-ODS in the Northern Region and our financial situation is extremely
precarious (We are only able to bring in 4-5 people in RTC, and 4-5 people in detox on our DHHS
contracts, and that will shrink to fewer over the next couple of months) . Once a prospective
resident meets all admission criteria, including funding, they will be scheduled for an
examination with the Medical Director or our FNP and the final admission determination will be
made. I believe we are only doing 2 admissions per day Monday through Friday during this
time. -John McManus

Social Services

For information and/or enrollment in GR, MediCal, CalFresh, CalWORKS and other benefit
programs call the DHHS Call Center 877-410-8809

CalFresh recipients will receive an Emergency Allotment (EA) as part of the Families First Act.
There will be two EA’s issued; one on April 11 and one on May 10. The first EA will be for any
household that received CalFresh in March and the second EA for any household that received
CalFresh in April. These allotments are intended to raise the benefit amount to the maximum
amount for that household size.

IRS has a new portal for persons on SSI and others who don’t file taxes at:
http://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter=payment-info-here
This is to assist “non-filers” in receiving their stimulus payments.

Community Support

2-1-1 has a comprehensive list of resources that are available. “Also I have put our MotherWomen
Support group on Zoom and we had our first one yesterday and there was a lot of moms and a lot of
tears so we are expanding it to twice a week until further notice. I just want those who need this
support to know it is available.” Jeanette

Humboldt County Behavioral Health offers Community Mental Health Support for COVID.
Professional staff are available if you are feeling anxious, worried, or depressed related to the current
health crisis and need someone to talk to. It can be even more challenging with the direction to shelter
in place, leaving people feeling socially isolated. Please reach out for support, by calling 707-268-2999,
M-F 8 AM – 5 PM. See Flyer below.

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If you have services or items to immediately assist homeless residents anywhere in Humboldt
County, please send details including who, what, when, where and how to access to Robert
Ward and/or Sally Hewitt at rward@co.humboldt.ca.us or shewitt@co.humboldt.ca.us

This will be updated every day new items are listed and sent out to the General List of the
HHHC. If you have changes or corrections, please let us know. Thanks

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