Redwood Community Action Agency

Redwood Community Action Agency, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Eureka, California, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering youth homelessness prevention and intervention services, low-income energy assistance, and invasive species management. The organization does business as Youth Service Bureau and operates as a prime grant recipient (84% of recent awards) across federal housing, human services, and environmental programs, with no federal contracting activity and a secondary footprint as a sub-recipient on state-administered grant pass-throughs.

Redwood Community Action Agency's federal footprint divides between two distinct capability streams. The primary capability centers on youth homelessness services: the organization operates the Launch Pad Transitional Living Program serving ages 16–21 for up to 18 months under a Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families grant (awarded September 2024, completing September 2029); runs the Basic Center Program providing emergency shelter and crisis intervention for youth ages 12–18 for up to 21 days under a $695,752 HHS Administration for Children and Families award (awarded September 2025, completing September 2028); and received two Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program awards from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development in 2026—$915,622 (June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2028) and $176,492 (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028)—funding coordinated community services including rental assistance, supportive housing operations, and HMIS implementation. The secondary capability covers energy assistance and environmental restoration: the organization acts as a sub-recipient under California's Department of Community Services and Development administering Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Weatherization Assistance Program services to eligible low-income households (multiple sub-awards from 2024 through 2026), and received a cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 (July 2023, extending through June 2028) for eradication and control of invasive Spartina densiflora and Ammophila species at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, providing trained crews, equipment, and monthly progress reporting.

Customer concentration reflects the grant-funded social-services focus. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families together account for the bulk of award volume (42 awards combined), representing 75% of all recent awards. Secondary customers include the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 (5 awards) and the California Department of Community Services and Development (6 sub-awards for energy assistance). Recent activity shows modest growth—one award in 2023, four in 2024, two in 2025, and five in 2026—with four awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all 56 awards stands at $101 thousand, a figure reflecting the source's limitation to recent data; combined dollars obligated across all awards total $26.3 million, indicating substantial cash flows against committed grants despite the compressed potential-value snapshot.