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/

Anew Day offers free lay counseling and low-cost professional therapy to individuals, couples, and families. Services address emotional, relational, and mental health needs for all ages.

Services include:

• Lay counseling and peer support for adults, teens, and children
• Professional therapy sessions at reduced rates
• Support for depression, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, trauma, abuse, and social or relationship challenges
• Therapeutic art classes and group sessions for emotional expression and healing
• Communication skills training, boundary setting, and healthy coping strategies
• Volunteer training for lay counseling

Web pages

• Home - https://www.anew-day.com/
• Counseling - https://www.anew-day.com/counseling-services

Kindred Heart Therapy Group (KHTG) offers individual, family, couples, and group therapy to low income individuals who would otherwise not be able to afford these services.

KHTG can focus on survivors of:

• Childhood abuse
• Domestic violence
• Sexual assault
• Trauma, crime
• Divorce
• Blended families
• Anxiety
• LGBTQIA+ issues
• Suicidality
  
  

Web pages

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

Offers Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) for individuals or as a group and one on one peer support to individuals with similar issues.

Provides peer supporters with a 16 week training course and ongoing supervision.

Offers suicide prevention resources including one-on-one peer support, support groups and activities. Also offers grief / bereavement support for people who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Web pages

• Programs & Services - https://spiritcenter.org/programs/
• Calendar - https://spiritcenter.org/calendar/

 

Offers behavioral health services with both psychiatrists and therapists who can help people meet their goals for mental and emotional health. They support patients with:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Mood Instability
• Substance Abuse
• Anger Management
• Child behavioral and emotional problems
• Domestic violence
• Trauma
• Bereavement
• Life changes & transitions
• and more

Web pages

• Home - https://chapa-de.org/behavioral-health/

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.

Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group offers over 500 providers at 27 locations covering primary care and 45 specialties.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.dignityhealth.org/dhmf/about/network/mercy-medical-group

Stanford Sierra Youth and Families provides mental health, family support, foster care, and adoption services for youth and families in Nevada County.

Services include:

• Family Preservation – Offers individual, family, and group therapy to help youth stay safely with their families. Services include comprehensive mental health support.

• Family Advocacy and Support – Supports families navigating behavioral health, education, and child welfare systems.

• Pathways to Permanency – Provides foster care and adoption services with a focus on achieving permanent, loving homes.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.ssyaf.org/
• Family Preservation - https://www.ssyaf.org/family-preservation-0
• 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_fact…

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24-Hour Crisis Line - 530-265-5811

Services
The Behavioral Health Department provides a wide variety of Adult Mental Health Services to the public, particularly for Medi-Cal recipients and those with severe mental illness. These include Mental Health Services and Alcohol and Other Drug Services. County employees provide some services, while contracted individuals and organizations provide other services, with County monitoring.

Service Range
This continuum of care ranges from acute inpatient to routine outpatient services, and includes medication services, psychotherapy, residential services, wellness and recovery, care management, long term institutional care and vocational services. Adult Services monitors the delivery of services to ensure that State standards are met for quality, timeliness and authorization.

Clinics
There are two county clinics. The Western County Crown Point Facility in Grass Valley, and a Truckee clinic at the Joseph Government Center. Visit the Locations and Hours p…

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Chapa-De Indian Health offers complete Pediatric care including:

• Primary medical care
• Nutrition and health education
• Dental care
• Mental health counseling
• Psychiatry
• Pharmacy services
• Assistance in coordinating care with specialists
• For established Chapa-De patients, may have child safety car seats available and a trained installation technician

Web pages

• Home - https://chapa-de.org/medical-care/

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.

24-Hour Crisis Line - 530-265-5811

Children's Behavioral Health
Nevada County Behavioral Health Children's Mental Health serves children and youth who have Nevada County Medi-Cal and meet moderate to severe criteria for Behavioral Health Treatment: recent psychiatric hospitalization, Probation or Child Welfare involvement, significant challenges at school, homelessness, or a complex combination of concerns that may involve trauma, depression or anxiety symptoms, and housing instability.

Services

• Therapy
• Individual and Group Counseling
• Psychiatry
• Support through service coordinators
• Home based wrap around support for children and families who need more intensive care

Treatment location is based on need and can take place at the Nevada County Behavioral Health Office, schools, Family Resource Centers, or other locations convenient for the family. Therapists are trained in a variety of techniques and work with youth of all ages. Therapy is provided in both English and Spanish.

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