You can help the community of Pajaro, California, which flooded after a levee broke. HCRN deployed our Disaster Resource Village command center to respond to the flooding of this agricultural town. A levee broke and put nearly 3 feet of water across much of the little town. Many homes were damaged and we are still completing […]

Northern California will be experiencing even more precipitation today. This comes just days after a levee broke south of Santa Cruz and flooded Pajaro, California and Monterey County. A previous set of winter storms garnered a federal disaster declaration. HCRN will continue to work closely in the response to these new disasters, as well as […]

HCRN is proud to partner with Toolbank USA in our recovery work from the Dixie Fire 2021! Toolbank USA is a national nonprofit that supplies tools to groups following disaster. They will be partnering with our rebuilding efforts stationed in Greenville, CA. This partnership will provide much needed, and sometimes expensive, tools for use by […]

Updated 2/23/23 California Counties that have received a Disaster Declaration from FEMA and are eligible for Individual assistance Apply for assistance at: https://www.disasterassistance.gov Español: https://www.disasterassistance.gov/es Or call the hotline at: 800-621-3362 Be sure to fill out all required fields. Without a completed application, FEMA will be unable to make a decision based on qualification. Remember […]

California is experiencing catastrophic levels of rain and snow. Across the state of California, people have been left without power, in the path of rivers overflowing and in danger from mudslides and incredible levels of snow in the mountains. This weather has been caused by two major phenomena: atmospheric rivers and a bomb cyclone. Atmospheric […]

Earlier this year we were able to celebrate Greg returning to his home in Paradise. Check out the video below for just a taste of how much work went in to getting this Camp Fire survivor back home!

For more than 20 years Hope Crisis Response Network has responded to disasters providing immediate response and then developing our long-term recovery projects by rebuilding homes for disaster survivors. HCRN has served in Northern California for the last seven years, responding to fires, rebuilding homes and helping individuals and communities recover. We’ve responded to more […]

ONE DAY ONLY Foresthill Elementary School24750 Main StForesthill, CA 95631 This is a ONE DAY ONLY assistance. We will be set up from 12-7pm at the elementary school and a dinner will be provided at 5pm. Please share this flyer and let people know where they can get a hot meal and connect with local […]

HCRN is set to begin recovery work in a third California location.  Greenville is a small mountain community in Plumas County that was devastated by the Dixie Fire in 2021.  HCRN has been working with local community leaders and other long-term recovery experts to help navigate the recovery work in the year since the fire.  […]

Volunteer teams continue to travel to Paradise to help wildfire survivors recover from the Camp Fire 2018.  Hope Crisis Response Network currently has ten homes under construction.  We’ve completed 8 homes and our list of homes to build continues to grow.  We are so thankful for the support of the North Valley Community Foundation as […]

This is the Disaster Resource Village! On August 10, HCRN CEO and Founder, Kevin Cox, was pleased to accept the gift of a mobile Command Center from Adventist Health Simi Valley during a ribbon cutting ceremony. Cox said, “We are so privileged to have great partners like Adventist Health and Acts of Mercy who understand […]

We are proud to welcome two more Camp Fire survivors home! HCRN held two Home Dedications in late June to celebrate these two survivors, and there was hardly a dry eye in the house as each spoke about their challenges in coming home, the love and support they’ve received, and just how good it feels […]

Fire Season is here in California. It feels like we’ve been saying that since the start of 2022, but in the last two weeks we’ve seen a number of small and worrying fires that continue to pop up. We are so thankful for how seriously CalFire is taking these threats. Firefighting resources have been deployed […]

The following is the second part of an account from an HCRN homeowner in Paradise, California. Part one can be found here. Make sure to read her thank you note at the end of this post! It’s been a long year. I’ve done everything I can in an attempt to move forward. To find a place […]

The following is the first part of an account from an HCRN homeowner in Paradise, California. On November 8, 2018, the Northern California Camp Fire ravaged through my hometown and surrounding communities, destroying everything in its path. The devastation included my home, in Old Magalia, taking with it its entire contents; five generations of memories, […]

HCRN volunteers are more than just our labor force behind Rebuilding Homes, they are the drivers of how HCRN Restores Lives. This month, Presbyterian Church of the Master out of Mission Viejo brought two teams to serve in Paradise, California. On the first team, three sisters decided to come together from across the country to […]

Valerie Cox wrote this after visiting with an HCRN homeowner in Lake County. I visited with Orval Young recently. Five years ago, HCRN volunteers celebrated a home dedication with Orval at his two-bedroom home on the corner of Young and Jefferson in Middletown. He met me at the gate of his recently installed fence and […]

Volunteers do the hard work of getting families home after disaster. HCRN is so proud to have worked with so many teams who decide to return and continue doing the work of Rebuilding Homes and Restoring Lives. This week, we had a conversation with Diane Jackson, a volunteer team leader who has worked with HCRN […]

HCRN is rebuilding in two different Northern California Counties! We’re so proud of our staff, volunteers and community partners as we continue doing the work of Rebuilding Homes and Restoring Lives! Below you can see some of the work we’ve accomplished in Butte County: Below you can see our progress in Happy Camp on volunteer […]

What does it mean to be of service? That’s the question AmeriCorps NCCC Team Red 6 has had a chance to answer while serving with HCRN in Paradise, California. The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps brings together teams of young people age 18-24 to serve for 10 months split in to three rounds. It’s a […]