Resources for fire survivors
New State Regulation Allows Fire-Safe Conversion to Make 1976 or Later Trailers Legal
This Could Be the Least Expensive Way to Get Your Family Into a Building-Code Legal Home!
YOU WILL NEED:
A STATE PERMIT FOR THE TRAILER REMODEL
Check with The California Housing and Community Development
Department (HCD) at 916-255-2501.
AND A BUTTE COUNTY BUILDING PERMIT TO INSTALL IT ON YOUR PROPERTY
Call 538-7601 or stop by their office at 7 County Center Drive, Oroville.
Well and septic, permanent foundation, interior sprinklers, attic ventilation for non-metal roofs are required. If you already have the well and septic, you may be able to do the rest for $20,000 or less plus the trailer. This opportunity may not last so plan to take advantage of it soon.
Call Amanda Pyle 228-6896 for Local Info and Help with Red Tape
Grant Application
(Concow Phoenix Project)
If you have been displaced by the Butte Lightning Complex fires and need financial help to recover, please print and complete our grant application and mail to:
Concow Phoenix Project Fund
4096 Big Bend Road
Yankee Hill, CA 95965
Small Business Administration Disaster Relief Services
(U.S. Government)
SBA loan representatives will be available for fire survivors at The SBA Disaster Assistance Center, co-located with the Butte County Fire Assistance Center at 7 County Center Drive, Oroville. SBA representatives will be available Monday through Friday beginning November 3, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., and will remain until further notice. Click here for flyer.
SBA provides low interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery & equipment, inventory and business assets that have been damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster.
Visit http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance/ to apply for a loan or other SBA assistance online.
Services, agencies and information
We hope you find these documents and sites helpful along your path of fire recovery. Please share additional information with us and make the site yours.
Please click here for a printable copy of Butte County's Services for Fire Victims leaflet.
| Land Restoration | California Native Seeds & Supplies | Mental & Physical Health |
| Emergency Housing | Permanent Housing | Clothing |
| Household Goods | Government Agencies | Fire Bulletins |
- Concow Phoenix Tool Bank now up and running at the Campground! June McLane is your tool master. Ask for her at the campground. She can sign out power tools such as circular saws to you for a week at a time. Hand tools can be loaned or given away, once we have more than 2 of something.
- Black Oak Magic
- Groundwork: Nature's way of restoring fire-ravaged land
- Burned Oaks: Which will survive? Includes harvesting burned timber and replanting
- A Landowner’s Post-fire Decision Making Guide (Butte County Resource Conservation District)
- Disposal or Recycling of Post-fire Waste Fact sheet, locations & guidelines
- No-cost Chipper Service
- National Resources Conservation Service
- Butte County Debris Management Plan:
- Information Hotline (530) 538-6193
- Debris Coordinator (530) 879-2352
California Native Seeds & Supplies
- No-cost Chipper Service
- California State Nurseries
- The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers & Native Plants
- California Native Plant Society
- S & S Seeds
- Sierra Seed Supply
- Floral Native Nursery
- Larner seeds
- Rice Straw bales: Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council has purchased bales of rice straw, recommended as a good cover for bare soil...it's pretty much weed free, and covers seeds you may want to scatter and protects the soil from erosion run-off. Pick yours up from the campground. FREE!
- Concow Phoenix Project grants. You can receive vouchers for up to $500 worth of supplies every 3 months.
- Home Depot offers a 10% discount to fire survivors. Please show your Red Cross card.
- Survivors Circle: Free local support group meets every Wednesday evening – 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Mesilla Valley School House (next to Concow pool)
- Behavioral Health Counselors Available: Individuals returning home who wish to speak to a Behavioral Health Counselor are encouraged to call:
1-800-334-6622 or (530) 891-2810. - Shalom Free Health Clinic: No charge, no appointment needed. Every Sunday from 1:00 - 4:00 PM at 1190 E. First Avenue Chico, CA 95926. Call 530-518-8300 for more information
- Feather River Hospital
- Enloe Medical Center
Transitional or Emergency Housing
- The Fire Works: Call (530) 534-0206 for assistance with temporary housing/shelter.
- Chico Community Shelter Partnership: Call (530) 891-9048 for temporary shelter and support services for
the homeless and those in danger of
becoming homeless. Torres Shelter is located at
101 Silver Dollar Way, Chico
- Catholic Ladies Relief Society: Call (530) 895-8331 for emergency assistance with lodging, food, utilities, transportation and prescription needs.
- Community Action Agency of Butte County: Call (530) 538-7559 for transitional housing, food and nutrition, child care, senior services, utility assistance, referrals to other agencies for people in need.
- Sabbath House: Call (530) 899-9343. Located at the Jesus Center, 1297 Park Ave., Chico, a secured sleeping area for women and children who are homeless or in crisis. Meals, beds and showers, computer community resource center.
- Oroville Rescue Mission: Call Men’s Shelter at (530) 534-9541 or the Women’s Shelter at (530) 533-0351. Overnight beds, showers, breakfast/ lunch/ dinner, food boxes for families with children, Bible classes, church service. Also live-in drug and alcohol recovery program.
- Greater Oroville Homeless Coalition: Call (530) 534-6017 for assistance with housing issues and other emergency needs for homeless individuals and families. Leave a detailed message on answering machine and a volunteer will return your call.
- Butte County Department of Employment
and Social Services, Homeless Assistance: Call (530) 538-7711 for special
need payment for temporary and/or
permanent housing cost to eligible CalWORKs
families.
- 78 Table Mountain Blvd., Oroville
- 2445 Carmichael Dr., Chico
- SBA Disaster Recovery Loan for real estate: SBA loan representatives will be available for fire survivors at The SBA Disaster Assistance Center, co-located with the Butte County Fire Assistance Center at 7 County Center Drive, Oroville. SBA representatives will be available Monday through Friday beginning November 3, from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., and will remain until further notice. Click here for flyer.
- Limited Density Owner Built guidelines (not yet effective in Butte County)
- Straw Bale Housing Association: www.strawbuilding.org
- Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP): Call (530) 891-6931 for help with low-income apartment rentals, home purchase, loans and credit counseling. Located at 1001 Willow St., Chico.
- Housing Authority of Butte County: Call (530)895-4474 or 1-800-564-2999 for Housing assistance and referrals for low to moderate income, including Section 8 housing. Located at 2039 Forest Ave. Suite 10, Chico.
- Community Action Agency of Butte County: Call (530) 538-7559. Loan assistance to first time homebuyers and help with essential repairs to eliminate hazards. Located at 2255 Del Oro Ave, Oroville
- Housing Offices
- City of Chico - 411 Main St, Chico (530) 879-6300
- City of Oroville – 1735 Montgomery St, Oroville (530) 538-2495
- The Fire Works: Call (530) 534-0206. Help with replacement of furniture, clothing, appliances, and household items for fire victims.
- The Hope Center: Call (530) 538-8398. Free food, clothing, personal grooming supplies, backpacks, household goods and more to the homeless and those in need. Located at 6120 Lincoln Blvd. A & B, Oroville
- The Salvation Army: Food, clothing, transportation, utility bill
assistance prescriptions, referrals and
information; disaster relief.
- 567 E. 16th St, Chico 342-1871
- 1640 Washington, Oroville 534-9558
- 6177 Skyway, Paradise 872-1534
- New Life Mission: Call (530) 538-9916. Helps fire victims with basic living needs. Located at 2111 Myers Street, Oroville
- The Fire Works: Call (530) 534-0206. Help with replacement of furniture, clothing, appliances, and household items for fire victims.
- Chico FreeCycle
- Oroville FreeCycle
- Paradise FreeCycle
- Butte County Fire Assistance Center: Call (530) 538-6499 from 8:30 AM -
4:30 PM Monday-Friday - Butte County Website: www.buttecounty.net
- Town of Paradise Website: www.townofparadise.com
- Butte County Resource Conservation District
- California Department of Social Services
- Safety Tips: returning home after a fire
- Water & Well Disinfection
- (National) Fire Safe Council
- CALFire
- Butte County Fire Safe Council
- Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council
- Butte County Public Safety Scanner
Please let us know if you have goods, services or contacts for same for the Concow community. Thank you.
