Healing Pastures at C Horse Ranch offers Cancer survivor support groups that bring each of these elements together in a beautiful, safe, and open environment. Field trips are available to pet their rescue animals. Open free last Sunday of the month for child survivors. Their organic garden is to share with cancer survivors. Riding lessons are available for mature riders as well as special needs, youth and adults.

Web pages 

• Home - https://www.healingpastures-chorseranch.com/

The Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation (SFAF) is a community based, nonprofit organization that provides support services to people living with HIV or AIDS and their families, and provides education and prevention services to the general public, including free HIV testing.

Serves the Sierra Foothills region, including Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, and Alpine Counties.

Websites:

• Main website - https://sierrafoothillsaids.org/

The Lupus Foundation of Northern California has served the California lupus community since 1978, with a mission to improve lives impacted by lupus, . We continue to pursue our mission of being a key provider of support services, educational programs, and information to empower lupus patients, their loved ones, and their care teams.

Offers support groups for individuals with Lupus.

Auburn/Grass Valley Support Group (includes Forest Hill, Roseville)
11815 Education Avenue
Auburn, CA 95602
Contact Person: Janet Patten
Contact Phone: (530) 889-8575
Regular Meeting Time: 1rst Monday of every month from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 

Our mission is to provide love, care, and support to people diagnosed within the community. We also provide education and support to family members, friends, and mental health students, who are invested in helping people live beyond recovery.

If you need answers, acceptance, or resources for wellness, come join our network of members with practical experience. It's a network of care dedicated to inspiring hope.

Sharing your life story is a key ingredient to wellness, and it encourages wellness in the lives of others by sharing it, you provide hope to someone in need---someone who needed to hear your challenges and victories.

Why members in our network know what it's like to feel alone, afraid, and in desperate need of resources.

We exist because we're passionate about making a difference in the lives of our members, and dedicated to providing education to empower them.

We're advocates, stigma fighters, and most importantly, we're friends when people need it most.

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At the Grief and Loss Support link below are some resources put together by a survivor and the founder of the E+R (Empower + Resilience) project. **These are suggested titles/resources and are not official endorsements by the County of Placer.**

Resources include books, organizations, and support groups (including Facebook, virtual, and in-person).

Web pages

• Helping parents heal - https://www.helpingparentsheal.org/
• Grief and Loss Support - https://www.placer.ca.gov/8704/Grief
• (Em)power + Resilience Project - https://www.placer.ca.gov/8703/Empower-Resilience-Project
• Criminal Justice Process - https://www.placer.ca.gov/7238/Know-the-process
• 211 list of Grief, Loss, and bereavement resources - https://cde.211connectingpoint.org/resource/86129056/

The Arc of Placer County is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Arc of Placer County operates the following programs:

• The Adult Achievement Center (AAC) is an adult day program that serves clients looking to be active members of their community. Located in Auburn, clients at AAC achieve personal goals by participating in the life skills curriculum including vocational training, daily living practices, health and fitness, cognitive growth, and mobility training – all aspects of life that enable clients to be more independent and contributing citizens.
• On the Go (OTG) and On the Go Youth (OTGY) are social recreation programs that serve adult clients and transition age clients respectively. OTG and OTGY allow clients to go out socially in a peer environment and just have some fun. A night with friends at the bowling alley, sporting and cultural events, group dinners, and trips to local festiva…

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The Victim/Witness program of the Placer County District Attorney's office offers support and advocacy to victims and witnesses of crimes.

Program services are provided free of charge, and there is no legal citizenship requirement to receive assistance.

• The crime should be reported to law enforcement.
• The victim must cooperate in the investigation and prosecution of any known suspects.
• The victim must not have contributed to the events which led up to the crime.
• The Victim Services program provides direct services and reimbursement for victims of crime in Placer County.

Direct services include:

• Court Escort/Court Support
• Emergency Assistance Information and Referral for Shelter
• Food and Clothing
• Follow-up Counseling
• Employer Notification/Intervention

Reimbursable services include:

• Mental Health Counseling
• Medical/Dental
• Wage/Income Loss
• Emergency Moving Expenses

Web pages

• Victim/Witness Assistance program - https://www.placer.ca.gov/3356/Victim-Witness-Assistance
• Victim Services -&nb…

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Wellness Within is a nonprofit wellness center for patients, survivors, caregivers, and families affected by the trauma, stress and anxiety brought on by cancer.

Located in downtown Roseville, Wellness Within is an open door to help, hope and holistic healing for people unified by the shared experience of cancer and its impacts. This center offers clarity through the fog of information and emotions that follow cancer diagnosis; breathing room to focus on your quality of life and healing while letting your physicians focus on the illness. Wellness Within provides a wide range of services that enhance an individual’s ability to experience quality of life through practices that incorporate physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.

Wellness Within's (programs) classes:

• Expressive Arts
• Healing Movement
• Meditation & Mindfulness
• Nutrition and Cooking
• Guest Speakers

All programs are free of charge. Instead, the center simply asks that participants donate what they can, and then Wellness Wit… [read more]

Mission: Support children with cancer and their families by providing emotional, educational, and financial support, while increasing awareness and funding research toward a cure.

Sutter Stroke Center provides a stroke support group with information and support to help cope with the changes and stress of a stroke.

Stroke Support Group (Open to the Community)
Held the second Tuesday of each month from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Sutter Rehabilitation Institute, 6 Medical Plaza, Roseville – Dining Room (First Floor)
Contact Dana Ittner at (916) 878-2666

Websites:

• Stroke Support Group - https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/physical-therapy-rehabilitation/education-support-sri