2-1-1 Humboldt Information And Resource Center

2-1-1 Humboldt Information And Resource Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit and community development corporation based in Eureka, California, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness prevention and tax assistance services. The organization does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; all federal work flows through grants as prime recipient.

The organization serves two federal agencies exclusively. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds the bulk of the activity — seven awards under the Continuum of Care (COC) Program between 2021 and 2025 — with the Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service providing three awards under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grant program (2021, 2022, 2023). Combined obligated dollars across all ten awards total $333 thousand over the five-year window, reflecting the sub-million scale of typical annual grant cycles.

The COC grants fund homelessness intervention and housing support services. Under the program, recipients establish and operate projects across five components: permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, homeless management information systems, and homelessness prevention. Eligible costs cover planning activities, real property acquisition and rehabilitation, new construction, and operational support. The most recent COC award carries an award date of October 1, 2025, with ultimate completion on September 30, 2026. Earlier COC awards were issued on October 1, 2024 (completion September 30, 2025), October 1, 2023 (completion September 30, 2024), October 1, 2022 (completion September 30, 2023), and October 1, 2021 (completion September 30, 2022).

The VITA grants support community volunteer income tax assistance for underserved and hardest-to-reach populations — low-to-moderate income individuals, persons with disabilities, non-English speakers, Native Americans, rural residents, service members and families, and elderly taxpayers. VITA recipients must ensure at least 90 percent of returns prepared serve individuals below earned income tax credit thresholds, file all eligible returns electronically, achieve return production targets, and demonstrate year-over-year improvements. Awards were issued on October 1, 2022 (completion September 30, 2023) and October 1, 2021 (completion September 30, 2022).

One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting a single recompete opportunity in 2-1-1 Humboldt's footprint. Activity is sparse — one award per year in recent cycles — with no subcontractor or teaming relationships in the source data.