Helping People Transform Their Lives

In December 2020, Arcata Main Street selected Arcata House Partnership as their nonprofit of the month, recognizing the organization as a symbol of “hope.” Below are a few of the many stories that illustrate what hope can look like when support, stability, and compassion come together.

A client attempting to reunify with their children was able to give up cigarettes and alcohol.

A single dad came into the shelter with his young daughter and teenage son. The life he had led before arriving at 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 the confidence he was always looking for within himself.

There was a single dad and veteran who came in with his two young sons. He was experiencing crippling PTSD and panic attacks and wasn’t able to even walk outside. Throughout his time in the family shelter, his case manager worked with him to get counseling. With the skills he has gained, not only does he and his family now live in their own apartment, but he is also able to walk to the grocery store with manageable anxiety.

A couple in their early twenties was expecting a baby. In just five months, they worked to get their own apartment and secure a job. He is still working in the same position, they are still housed in that apartment, and Mom still stops in with the baby to say hi every couple of months.

In 2018, two people who were chronically ill were provided a bed in the adult shelter. They were connected with medical and hospice care so that they could die with dignity in a place that was safe and offered compassion and friendship.