The Placer County Public Defender's Office provides legal defense for those facing criminal allegations who are financially unable to retain an attorney.

Web pages

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

The Sierra College Undocumented Student Center offers guidance and resources to help empower undocumented students and mixed-status families to meet their higher education and career goals.

Services Include:

• Student Support
• Financial Aid Assistance
• Legal Assistance
• Health and Wellness

For enrolled students, legal resources include free legal consultations and coverage of DACA renewal fee.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.sierracollege.edu/student-services/support-programs/undocumented-student-center/#ally

The Placer County Superior Court Family Law Facilitator provides assistance and resources for individuals involved in family law cases, including divorce, child custody, and domestic violence matters.

Services include:

• Handling of cases related to divorce, paternity, domestic violence, child custody, support, and visitation
• Mediation services to help parents resolve custody and visitation disputes
• Legal assistance for selecting and completing family law forms through the Court’s Legal Help Center

Web pages

• Home - https://placer.courts.ca.gov/divisions/family

Stand Up Placer offers Recovery services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and their families. For more information on all the services listed here, please call our Helpline at 800-575-5352 or our service office at 916-773-7273.

Crisis counseling
Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking can obtain crisis counseling at any time, day or night, either by calling the Stand Up Placer 24-hour Helpline at 1-800-575-5352, using our chat feature, or by coming into one of our service offices during business hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A trained advocate will assess the survivors’ situations, help them with a safety plan, and go over various options with them.

Shelter and safe housing
Stand Up Placer provides emergency confidential shelter where necessary for survivors and their children who are in immediate danger. A shelter stay provides an opportunity for survivors to be safe, to a… [read more]

CapCity Legal offers legal and mediation services with a focus on supporting people navigating complex family law and immigration matters. 

The practice also facilitates alternative dispute resolution for environmental, workplace, and family conflicts.

Services include:

• Legal representation in divorce and family law matters
• Immigration legal services, including applications and defense
• Mediation for family, employment, and environmental disputes

Web pages

• Home - https://capcitylegal.org/

Does Gateway Mountain Center offer…

• Free naloxone/Narcan? YES
• Free fentanyl test strips? YES
• Free xylazine test strips? NO

How can people get it/them?

• Phone: 530-426-2110, option 2 for Whole Hearts, Minds & Bodies program
• Can people TEXT to those numbers? NO
• Email: whmb@sierraexperience.org
• Web page: none as of July 2024
• Address/es where items can be picked up:

  Gateway Mountain Center, Youth Wellness Center, 10038 Meadow Way, Unit C & D, Truckee 96161

• Anything someone needs to bring or do in order to pick up: NO
• Contact person: Crystal Cunning, Director of Youth Wellness Center

Web pages

• Home - https://www.sierraexperience.org/
  

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Naloxone (name of medication) or Narcan™ (a common brand name) is a drug used to reverse an opioid overdose, including overdoses due to fentanyl. It is available without a prescription and legal to carry. Opioids include heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (OxyContin®), hydrocodone (Vic…

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Sierra Community House offers Mediation and Legal Assistance which provides free and reduced cost legal services in a clinic setting for civil legal matters. All services are available in multiple languages and available on a sliding scale.

Services
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Sierra Community House provides limited scope representation, including information, support, and conflict resolution to resolve many legal issues community members face. They do not provide legal representation in court. They may be able to provide assistance in the following areas:

• Family Law
• Immigration Law
• Landlord/tenant Law
• Employment Law
• Small Claims/Contract Matters
• Civil Harassment Restraining Orders
• Name Changes
• Guardianship and Conservatorship
• Know Your Rights and Be Prepared Education
• Understanding the worker’s compensation process

Locations
These services may be available to those who reside in Tahoe and Truckee areas.

If they cannot provide the assistance you need, they will do their best to refer you to an agency …

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Sierra Community House provides Crisis Intervention services.  

24-hour Help Line at 800-736-1060.

You may also call the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. For more resources please visit the Tahoe Truckee Suicide Prevention Coalition at www.tahoelifeline.org.

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Formerly known as Tahoe SAFE Alliance, Sierra Community House’s Crisis Intervention is dedicated to serving victims of intimate partner / domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. All services are free and available in multiple languages. Sierra Community House will not discriminate against anyone based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, or disability. All of our services are designed to empower victims in reclaiming their rights and to provide the tools individuals and families need on the road to safety and recovery.

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World Relief offers legal support to help immigrants through the immigration process. Services include:

Immigration Legal Services

• Adjustment of Status
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Family-based petitions

Web pages

• Home - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/
• Immigration Legal Services - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/our-work/ils/
• Education - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/our-work/education/
• Refugee Resettlement - https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/our-work/refugee-resettlement/

A consulate is a diplomatic office location of another country.

Its focus is mainly on providing services to its country’s citizens in the host country, such as issuing passports, providing help during emergencies, and helping with legal and administrative matters. Consulates may also promote trade and economic relations between the two countries.


Web pages

• Spanish Home Page - https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/sacramento/ - Select English from pop-up at top right of web page when it first loads (or reload page to see it again)
• FAQs - https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/sacramento/index.php/preguntas-frecuentes-documentacion
• Mexican Consulates in California - https://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/ea_MXConsulCal.pdf