For more than 25 years, the Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee (CCTT) has worked to improve our community’s health, education, and safety. Now, more people are fed, sheltered, and connected with the help they need.

​A collaborative that provides community resources, advocacy and outreach in the Truckee-Tahoe area. CCTT is a program of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation.

CCTT's vision is to create a safe, healthy, and enriching environment for children, youth, and families. Guiding principles include: help assess and prioritize community strengths and needs; convene and facilitate a community response; build capacity within the community; promote collaboration; and promote advocacy and leadership.

MISSION
CCTT is a partnership of non-profit and public organizations working together to address fundamental needs of families in the Tahoe Truckee Region. Collectively, we identify emerging community issues and develop strategies with our combined vision and resources. We do this by: promo…

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/
• Gun Violence Prevention - https://futureswithoutviolence.org/priority/gun-violence-prevention/
• 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…

The HOPE National Resource Center is based out of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. We are creating a paradigm shift in systems of care, communities, and policies to value and actively bolster positive childhood experiences (PCEs). HOPE offers research, resources, trainings and technical assistance to help bring the power of the positive into the lives of children and their families.

Positive experiences can ease toxic stress and help children and youth grow into more resilient, healthier adults. Positive experiences can help counteract the affects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) identifies ways that our communities and systems of care can better ensure that all children have more positive experiences and that all families have support to nurture and celebrate their strengths.

The Four Building Blocks of HOPE are composed of key positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The sources of those experiences and opportunitie…