Cal Voices is dedicated to improving the lives of residents in the diverse communities of California through advocacy, education, research, and culturally relevant services. Some programs are offered in specific counties or regions, others are statewide.

Placer County

• Family Advocates with Placer County Parent Partners offer the following
  • Use creative, culturally sensitive, and strengths-based thinking to support families in achieving their goals.
  • Provide support to families receiving services from Placer County’s Children’s System of Care, including:
    • Behavioral Health
    • Drug Court
    • Child Welfare
    • Juvenile Probation Services
  • Create connections between teachers, juvenile probation officers, mental health workers, and social workers.
  • Support families where applicable
    • Court proceedings
    • Treatment team meetings
    • School meetings
  • Assist families in being equal partners with professionals assisting them.
  • Provide an opportunity for parents to bene…

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12 Step programs are international peer support groups for people who are living with substance addictions, behavioral addictions, and compulsions. All 12 Step programs use a version of the 12 steps developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. 

There are established 12 Step Programs for the following topic areas.

Alcoholism

• AA – Alcoholics Anonymous
• ACA – Adult Children of Alcoholics (also abbreviated as ACOA)
• Al-Anon/Alateen, for friends and family members of alcoholics
• AA pages for 211 Connecting Point service area
  • Western Nevada County
  • Western Placer County
  • Tahoe/Truckee

Addiction

• NA – Narcotics Anonymous
• AAA – All Addictions Anonymous
• CA – Cocaine Anonymous
• CDA – Chemically Dependent Anonymous
• CMA – Crystal Meth Anonymous
• MA – Marijuana Anonymous
• NicA – Nicotine Anonymous

Gambling Addiction

• GA – Gamblers Anonymous
• Gam-Anon/Gam-A-Teen, for friends and family members of problem gamblers
• OLGA – On-Line Gamers Anonymous

 Sex and Sex Addiction

• SAA – Sex Addicts Anonymous
• COSA – Codepe…

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If your child has experimented with fire, sign him or her up for the Firefighters Burn Institute Youth Firesetter Program. Call their toll free number 1 (888) 452-SAFE (7233) or email them from the Contact Tab above. Their program provides staff for pre-academy interviews with the child involved in firesetting and his/her family, a fire safety academy completed in two sessions is also provided. As part of the academy, children will learn:

-Fire safety education
-Fire hazard recognition
-Home escape planning
-Responsibility
-Problem solving skills
-Natural & legal consequences
-Communication
-Thinking errors
-Peer pressure
-Leadership skills
-Dealing with and sharing feelings.

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

The Jason Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of the “Silent Epidemic” of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators/youth workers and parents with the tools and resources to help identify and assist at-risk youth.
JFI believes that awareness and education are the first steps to prevention. They want to establish a Triangle of Prevention by providing students, parents and teachers the tools and resources to help identify and help at-risk youth. This is accomplished through a curriculum unit for students and informational seminars for teachers and parents. The programs provide resources to accomplish this goal. The materials are easy to use and are intended to provide educational information. There is no intent to diagnose or treat suicidal ideation. JFI’s intention is to empower youth, educators and parents to help recognize when young people are in pain and know to get professional help involved as soon as possible. The Jason Foun… [read more]

NAMI Nevada County (National Alliance for Mental Illness) is a grassroots, family, and consumer self-help support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses such as:

• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder (manic depressive)
• Clinical depression
• Panic disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (O.C.D)
• P.T.S.D.

NAMI offers support groups and educational classes for families experiencing a mental illness such as:

• Family Support
  • IN PERSON Support Meetings
    Twin Cities Church - Room 129
    (enter the on the far left side of the church)
    1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month
    5:30 - 7:30pm
    
    ZOOM Online Support Meetings
    2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month 
    5:30 - 7:30pm
• Family to Family education class (two times yearly)
• Monthly general education meetings
• And more on NAMI's website: https://www.naminevadacounty.org/support

NAMI Family Support Group
Support groups are provided each week. Please go to the website at https://www.namine… [read more]

Steri-Clean offers an anonymous online Hoarding Support Group see website for days and times. The online Hoarding Support Group is completely anonymous and is open to hoarders, family members of hoarders, therapists, and anyone else who works with hoarders. This is an open forum where people can finally speak openly with one another and not feel judged. Steri-Clean also offers a message board and chat room where you ask questions. find links for the message board and chat rooms below.

Web pages 

• Home - https://hoardingcleanup.com/steri_clean_california
• Support group - https://hoardingcleanup.com/hoarding_support_group
• Chat room - https://HoardingCleanup.com/chat_room
• Message board - www.HoardingCleanup.com/Message_Board