Stanford Sierra Youth and Families provides foster care, adoption, and family advocacy services for youth and families in Placer County.

Services include:

• Family Advocacy and Support – Helps families navigate behavioral health, child welfare, and educational systems through mentoring, coaching, and support.
• Pathways to Permanency – Offers foster care and adoption services with the goal of helping children find safe, stable, and permanent homes.

Web pages

• Home -  https://www.ssyaf.org/
• Family Advocacy and Support - https://www.ssyaf.org/family-advocacy-support
• Pathways to Permanency (Foster Care & Adoption) - https://www.ssyaf.org/pathways-permanency-1
• Pathways to Permanency Fact Sheet - https://www.ssyaf.org/sites/main/files/different_pathways_to_permanency_factsheet.pdf

iFoster provides support to children and youth growing up outside of their biological homes have access to the resources and opportunities needed to become successful, independent adults.

iFoster provides a free online resource platform offering educational, employment, health, recreational, and daily living supports for foster youth, transition-age youth, caregivers, and service providers.

Services Provided:

Resource Referral and Material Assistance: Access to an online portal featuring hundreds of free or deeply discounted products, services, and opportunities through over 300 partner organizations. Includes support for education, employment, health, recreation, and daily living needs.

Transition-Age Youth (TAY) Support (Ages 16-24):

Online life-management tool that allows youth to securely store documents, track applications, manage deadlines, and access resources.TAY Assistant & Digital Locker:

Incentive-based engagement including recognition and rewards for achievements.

Employment …

Victor Community Support Services offers programs providing a wide variety of mental health and social support services to children, youth, young adults, and families, including psychiatric services for children, youth, and adults. Victor partners with behavioral health, child welfare, and juvenile justice departments across California, tailoring services to meet each family’s needs.

• Children and Youth Mental Health Services
• Adult Mental Health Services in North Lake Tahoe

Web pages

• Home - https://www.victor.org/
• Locations - https://www.victor.org/locations/
• Services - https://www.victor.org/services/

Big Brothers Big Sisters offers one-to-one mentoring relationships for youth ages 8-14, with a focus on children from single-parent households. 

Matches are made based on compatibility, proximity, and personal preferences.

Program details include:

• Mentorship opportunities for youth of varied backgrounds
• Personalized matches with trained adult volunteers
• Long-term friendship and guidance for enrolled youth

Web pages

• Home - https://www.bbbs-sac.org/

California Alliance of Caregivers provides

• Foster, kinship, guardian, and adoptive families
• One one-on-one assistance to families who need to connect to resources and benefits that are specifically for children and youth currently in or from foster care
• Free parent training and resources for all parents, but they are directed toward parents caring for children with mental health needs
• Weekly, virtual, facilitated support groups
• Leadership coalition around the state that supports families at the local level

Trainings are free for all parents and caregivers. Training and support are primarily targeted to parents and caregivers of children in or from foster care; and children with mental health needs.

Web pages

• Home - https://cacaregivers.org/

​This program provides an overview of Benefits & Services offered by the California Department of Social Services. Some services are funded and managed by individual counties. Visit web pages for information about things listed below and contact your county as necessary.

• Cash Aid - Cash Programs for low income individuals and families - Including refugees, immigrants, survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes; and disaster victims.
• Food& Nutrition - Programs that enhance your food budget and nutrition.
  
• Child Services - Services to help protect children and assist families.
• Adult Services - Care and assistance programs for adults.
• Foster Parents, Youth and Families - Information for foster parents, foster youth and families involved with child welfare services.
• Adoption Services - Adoption, finding siblings and parents, adoption services.
• Hearings and Appeals - How to file a request for a hearing or appeal a decision.
• More Services - Refugees, immigran…

The Firefighters Burn Institute Youth Firesetter Program provides staff for pre-academy interviews with children involved in fire-setting. A fire safety academy completed in two sessions is also provided. As part of the academy, children learn:

• Fire safety education
• Fire hazard recognition
• Home escape planning

Placement for families who need counseling services is also part of the program.

Web pages

• Home - https://ffburn.org/

Futures Without Violence offers programs, policy development, and public action campaigns designed to prevent and end violence against women and children around the world in areas such as (but not limited to):

• Children - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/children/
• Domestic & Sexual Violence - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/domestic-sexual-violence/
• Economic Opportunity - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/economic-opportunity/
• Health - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/healthcare/
• Men & Boys - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/global-issues/
• Older Adults - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/older-adults/
• Youth - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/youth/

In an effort to transform social norms, they train professionals such as doctors, nurses, judges, and athletic coaches on improving responses to violence and abuse. They also work with advocates, policy makers, and others to build sustainable community leader…