What's Up? Wellness Checkups provides mental health screenings for suicide risk, depression, and anxiety to 9th grade students and any grade student upon request. Screenings are voluntary and confidential, with followup support provided for treatment connections.

How to get screened
Parent/guardian permission slips are downloadable at https://www.whatsupwellness.com/programs/screenings

Additional services may include

• Mindfulness, drumming, writing, and expressive arts groups
• Spanish translation services
• Teen, Adult, and Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings for the community at large and schools

Web pages

• Home - https://www.whatsupwellness.com/

The Nevada County Consolidated Fire District provides fire suppression and emergency medical response services. Special operations include swift water rescue and large animal rescue. Additional programs include fire inspection and prevention services, public education programs, and participation in community projects.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nccfire.com/

The County of Nevada Green Waste Disposal web page provides green waste disposal information. There are occasional free green waste disposal days in east and west county. Dates, times, and locations are announced when information for the events is finalized.

​Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2775/Green-Waste-Disposal

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The Nevada County Bar Association is a voluntary professional association of attorneys and legal professionals, organized to serve its members and the public of Nevada County.

Organized to promote the interests of its members and of the legal profession and judiciary in Nevada County, to foster fellowship among the members of the local bar, promote access to the legal community in Nevada County, and to promote public and attorney education.

Offers an attorney fee arbitration service and provides a listing of licensed attorney's (some retired) for the Nevada County area.

Websites:

• Main website - https://nevadacountybar.com/
• Fee arbitration - https://nevadacountybar.com/fee-arbitration-program/
• Member directory - https://nevadacountybar.com/ncba-member-directory/
• Resources - https://nevadacountybar.com/resources/

Healthy Babies offers home visits by trained Family Support Specialists to pregnant and new parents. Services provided help new parents meet challenges through education on healthy growth and development and strengthen bonding with parent and baby.

Parents can expect support in problem-solving their baby’s needs, managing life stressors, and enjoying their baby’s development throughout the program from prenatal to age five.

Families are linked to community resources throughout Nevada County. To get started, contact Child Advocates of Nevada County before your due date or up to three months after giving birth.

Web pages

• Home - https://caofnc.org/

This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

Sierra Jazz Soeicty promotes jazz education and performance in Nevada County with an annual Jazz Camp for all ages, workshops and concerts.

Websites:

• Main Website - https://sierrajazzsociety.com/

Tahoe National Forest offers hiking trails (including a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail), OHV, equestrian and mountain biking trails provide access to many lakes, rivers, and mountain tops. Developed recreation sites including campgrounds, boat ramps, picnic areas, nature trails, and fire lookouts that can be rented for overnight occupancy.

Web pages

• Home, including ranger district office locations - https://www.fs.usda.gov/tahoe/

Montana Wildfire Smoke offers many useful resources regarding wildfire smoke. Wildfire smoke containing fine particulate matter can cause eye and throat irritation, headaches, nausea, shortness of breath, congestion, coughing, impaired lung function, and chest pain. When air quality is poor, the primary public health message is to stay indoors. However, not all community members have the same ability to limit smoke exposure in the buildings where they live, work, attend school, or spend time indoors. The Sierra Fund is working with local public health officials and service providers to ensure equitable access to places with cleaner air during wildfire.

Information about Air Filters and Creating a Clean Room in your Home to Mitigate Unhealthy Air Quality -https://sierrafund.org/airfilters/

How to build a Do-It-Yourself Fan/Filter Room Air Cleaner -
https://www.montanawildfiresmoke.org/diy-fan-filter.html (Climate Smart Missoula)

Web pages

• Home - https://www.montanawildfiresmoke.org/
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In the event of disaster, Nevada County Office of Emergency Services recommends the following trusted information sources (aka trusted news sources).

Trusted information sources, per Ready Nevada County's "Ready, Set, Go" Guide:

• 211 Connecting Point, 2-1-1 or 1-833-DIAL211, 211ConnectingPoint.org
• CHP Grass Valley, 530-477-4900
• County of Nevada, 530-265-1218, MyNevadaCounty.com
• County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services, 530-265-1515, ReadyNevadaCounty.org
• Sierra Sun, SierraSun.com
• The Union, TheUnion.com
• YubaNet, YubaNet.com
• KNCO 830AM, KNCO.com
• KOH 780AM, KKOH.com
• KTKE 101.5 FM, TruckeeTahoeRadio.com
• KVMR 89.5 FM & 105.1 FM, KVMR.org
• Nevada County Media, NevadaCountyMedia.org, Channel 17 (Comcast & Suddenlink)
• Tahoe Truckee Media, https://ttctv.org/

This list also appears in the Ready, Set, Go! Handbook on page 31 of the paper guide and page 34 of the PDF. Links to English and Spanish below.

Web pages

• English Handbook - 
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California College of Ayurveda offers education in the field of Ayurveda. Programs are designed to accommodate both students who can dedicate themselves to full-time study and those who live at a distance. CCA’s main focus is training Ayurvedic practitioners.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.ayurvedacollege.com/