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Emergency/Crisis Information and Services

Name: Adult Protective Services
Address: 808 E St., Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707-445-6180 24 Hour hotline, Non-Emergency Line: 707-476-2100
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/hhs/socialservices/adult-1.htm
Description: To report abuse, exploitation, neglect or self-neglect of dependent adults (age 18+). Services include information and referral to community resources, case management, assessments, emergency shelter or in-home protection, transportation, counseling, etc.

Name: American Red Cross
Address: 406 Eleventh Street, Eureka, CA
Phone: 707-443-4521
Website: http://www.northcoast.com/~hcarc/

Name: Boys and Girls National Hotline
Address: 800-448-3000
Website: www.girlsandboystown.org
Description: 24 hour crisis line for primarily children and parents. Includes national resource and referral service information in English and Spanish.

Name: Breaking the Cycle
Address: 514 H St. Suite
Phone: 707-442-7806
Email: Btc.dv@sbcglobal.com
Description: Court approved services for perpetrators of domestic violence. Also offers private therapy to individuals. No Medi-Cal accepted.

Name: California Youth Crisis Line
Phone: 1-800-843-5200 (24 hours, English and Spanish)
Description: Provides crisis intervention counseling. Referrals to resource agencies and neutral message center, California only.

Name: Child Find of America
Phone: 1-800-426-5678 or 1-800-AWAYOUT (292-9688)
Description: Assists in locating all kinds of missing children (18 and under). Mediation hotline for runaways/parents and parents involved in custody battles.

Name: Child Protective Services, DHHS
Address: 929 Koster St., Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707-445-6182 / 24-Hour Child Abuse Hotline: 707-445-6180
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/hhs/socialservices/cws.htm
Description: To report child abuse or neglect. Provide assessment and investigation services. Provides case-management, referrals, and on-going serv ices if there is a safety risk to children.

Name: Child Welfare Humboldt County DHHS
Phone: 707-445-6180
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/welfare/cws.htm
Description: 24 hour crisis and reporting line.

Name: General Hospital
Address: 2200 Harrison Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707-445-5111

Name: Humboldt County Health Department, On-Call Nurse
Address: 529 I Street, Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707-268-2105
Description: Afternoons 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. only.

Name: Humboldt County Sheriff
Address: 826 4th St. Eureka, CA 95501, Eureka
Phone: 707-445-7251
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/sheriff/
Description: Sheriff’s department

Name: Humboldt County Sheriff
Address: 648 Locust St., Garberville, CA 95542
Phone: 707-923-276
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/sheriff/
Description: Sheriff’s department

Name: Humboldt County Sheriff
Address: 1608 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville, CA 95519
Phone: 707-839-3857
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/sheriff/
Description: Sheriff’s department

Name: Humboldt County Sheriff
Address: Highway 96 P.O. Box 1247, Hoopa, CA 95546
Phone: 530-625-4231
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/sheriff/
Description: Sheriff’s department

Name: Humboldt Domestic Violence Services
Address: Eureka, CA, 95502
Phone: 707-444-9255, 24 hour crisis lines: 707-443-6042 and/or 866-668-6543
Website: www.hdvs.org/
Description: Free, comprehensive services for women and men experiencing domestic violence and their children. On-call language(s) = English, Spanish. On-site language(s) = English, Hmong, Spanish. Services include shelter, peer counseling, support groups for adults and for children, emergency transportation, court accompaniment and legal assistance.  Offers advocacy, education, and emergency housing to keep victims safe. Also offers three groups a week. Child care is included with advance notice.  30 days safe house also available.

Name: Humboldt Women for Shelter
Address: P.O. Box 969, Eureka, CA 95502
Phone: 707-443-6042 (24-hour crisis line)
Description: Hotline, shelter, support groups for women and children suffering from violence in their homes.

Name: Jerold Phelps Community Hospital
Address: 733 Cedar Street, Garberville, CA 95542
Phone: 707-923-3921, TTY or TTD 707-923-2178

Name: Mental Health Crisis Line
Address: 707-445-7715
Description: 24-hour crisis line.

Name: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Phone: 1-800-843-5678
Description: Deals with runaway, abducted or otherwise missing children aged 17 and under.

Name: National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 800-799-7233
Website: www.ndvh.org
Description: Offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to local services and shelters. Spanish speakers always available, as well as access to interpreters of other languages.

Name: National Runaway Switchboard
Phone: 1-800-621-4000, TDD 1-800-621-0394
Description: Services include phone counseling, referral and information to other agencies across the country. May arrange conferences between runaways and their parents or other agencies. Provides a message relay service without runaway revealing his/her location. Also provides information and referral to runaway for food, shelter, and health care.

Name: North Coast Rape Crisis Team
Address: P.O. Box 543, Eureka, CA 95502
Phone: Hotline: 707-445-2881 or 1-800-656-4673; Office: 707-443-2737
Email: ncrcthum@pacbell.net
Description: 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention for survivors of sexual assault. Offers individual and group counseling. Accompanies survivors to court proceedings, law enforcement, hospital visits. Advocacy in court cases. Offers general information and referrals to community services.

Name: Pathways Crisis Response Service
Phone: 707-826-1886
Website: www.redwoodcoastrc.org
Description: Only for developmentally delayed Redwood Coast Regional Center clients. Call RCRC to learn if the individual is eligible for services.

Name: Poison Control Center
Phone: 1-800-876-4766 (24 hour), 1-800-972-3323 (24 hour TTY)

Name: Safe Haven, Operated by RCAA (Redwood Community Action Agency)
Phone: 707-269-2075
Website: www.rcaa.org
Description: Long term transitional shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Call between 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM weekdays.

Name: Safelink
Phone: 877-785-2020
Website: www.casamyrna.org/programs/safelink.html
Description: Offers information, safety planning and linkages to shelter and other resources. Spanish speakers available.

Name: STD Hotline
Phone: 1-800-227-8922
Description: 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. EST Monday thru Friday

Name: Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE)
Phone: Hotline = 800-799-SAFE
Website: www.safe4all.org/
Description: Is a human rights organization that provides services for those who typically don’t have services: battered men, same sex victims, teens, the elderly, and immigrants.

Name: Victim Witness Office
Phone: 707-441-7417
Website: www.cya.ca.gov/victim/vw_county.html
Description: Violent crimes victims’ assistance to include court support and help opening claims to Victims of Crime Fund (provides compensation for costs associated with being the victim of a violent crime, including counseling, medical and dental bills, lost wages, funeral and burials).

Name: VINE (Victim Information and Notification Every Day)
Phone: 877-331-8463
Website: www.appriss.com/VINE.html
Description: To register to receive updates on the release or change of custody status of offenders. An automated guide accessible to touchtone and rotary phones.

Name: Wish House
Address: Garberville, CA 95542
Phone: 707-923-4100
Description: Shelter for women and their children in crisis. Also provides shelter for homeless.

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