Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaboration (HCTAYC)

07/22/2026

The Transition-Age Youth (TAY) Division is hosting its annual BBQ and pairing it with the Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaboration (HCTAYC) longstanding wellness programming. The event takes place Friday, Aug. 14, from noon to 3 p.m. at Sequoia Park, in Eureka and features workshops focused on the “Eight Dimensions of Wellness.” The event is open to young people ages 16 to 26, with experience in foster care, juvenile justice, behavioral health and homelessness.

Participants can RSVP in advance by emailing [email protected], calling 707-298-5190 or visiting tinyurl.com/TayWellnessDay. Transportation is available upon request. Hope to see you there!

07/09/2026

Hello HCTAYC Community! It is time for HCTAYC to have new leadership. We are seeking someone who is passionate about working with transition age youth, interested in building youth leadership skills, mentoring peer providers, and helping lift youth voice for greater system change. Please share this post and help HCTAYC shape its future.

DHHS is hiring a Supervising Behavioral Health Clinician to oversee the Humboldt County Transition-Age Youth Collaboration (HCTAYC). HCTAYC is a youth advocacy and leadership development organization dedicated to empowering young people with lived experience to transform the foster care, juvenile justice, mental health and homelessness services systems. There is currently an open-ended recruitment for this position. Visit tinyurl.com/48ktsznn to learn more and apply.

06/26/2026

Jamie Lee Evans has been the strength behind HCTAYC for the past 18 years. It is with great sadness that her contract with DHHS is coming to an end. Jamie worked with countless youth across Humboldt County and has made an impact on all of us. We will miss you greatly, Jamie. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

At its June 23 meeting, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors honored Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaboration (HCTAYC) founding collaborator and youth trainer Jamie Lee Evans for the time she has dedicated to HCTAYC. Evans helped launch HCTAYC in 2008 with the goal of empowering young people with lived experience to transform foster care, juvenile justice, mental health and homelessness services systems. Over nearly two decades, Evans has connected Humboldt County youth to numerous leadership opportunities, growing HCTAYC into a powerful, award-winning voice for systems change.

In her final event with the program, Evans will be working with youth on how to tell their stories and helping them prepare to have photography on display during HCTAYC’s pop-up gallery. The event will be open to the public Friday, June 26, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the Schlueter Gallery, 330 Second St. in Eureka.

Photographed back row from left, DHHS Behavioral Health Senior Program Manager Sonya Levy-Boyd, DHHS Transition-Age Youth (TAY) participant Mellie Brown, Evans, former DHHS assistant director Barbara LaHaie, Peer Coach III Jessica Coats, Peer Coach II Daizah Brown, former HCTAYC Youth Advocacy Board (YAB) member Joseph Wence and former HCTAYC Peer Coach Ipolani Ma’e.

Front row from left, HCTAYC YAB members Gabriel Bryant, David Eichenbaum and Jess Lune Weaver.

06/26/2026

Nine TAY youth have been very busy the past two days learning photography and a technique called wheat pasting.
Please come check out their work hosted at the Schlueter Gallery, 330 2nd St., Eureka, CA, Friday, June 26, from 2-5 P.M. The show is free and open to the public and will stay up through Friday Night Market.

05/29/2026

Save the Date: Transition-Age Youth Photography Pop-up Gallery. Friday, June 26, 2 to 5 p.m. Hosted at the Schlueter Gallery, 330 Second St., Eureka CA. Open to the public and all are welcome. Join us to learn about the lives, experiences and power of young people in Humboldt County through a pop-up gallery exhibition. We hope to see you there!

05/28/2026

Hello TAY community. HCTAYC is working to get back on Facebook and post more about our events and program. We have been offline for some time. June event information will be posted soon!