Nevada County Behavioral Health Substance Use Disorder Services offers:

• Withdrawal management
• Residential, outpatient, and perinatal treatment
• Transitional living and prevention services
• Additional services for people with both mental illness and substance use disorders who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries
• Outpatient drug and alcohol services for youth
• Walk-in Assessment Clinic for Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Nevada County Residents who have Medi-Cal or who might be eligible for Medi-Cal who are interested in Residential Treatment for a Substance use Disorder. Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 11:30am daily at 500 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley, CA 95945.

Visit the Substance Use Services web page for info about

• Assessment
• Consultation and referral services
• Prevention, including info about naloxone/Narcan
• Resources

Rural Homeless Opiate Program
The Rural Homeless Opiate Program (RHOP) is a program of Nevada County Behavioral Health that can provide Substance Use Disorder (SUD) care c… [read more]

The Nevada County Superintendent of Schools (NCSOS) offers many educational services including programs on web pages listed below.

Web pages

• Home - https://nevco.org/
• Educational Services - https://nevco.org/programs/
• Homeless Children and Youth Services - https://nevco.org/homeless-youth-services/ (McKinney-Vento definition of homeless: https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/understanding-federal-definitions-3-12-18_508_0.pdf)
• Family Resource Centers - https://nevco.org/family-resource-centers/
• BasicPlus CPR, AED & First Aid Training - https://nevco.org/cpr-aed-training/
• Foster Youth Services - https://nevco.org/foster-youth-services/ including info about:
• Foster Kinship Care Education (FKCE)
• Nevada County Foster Youth Independent Living Program (ILP)
• Indian Education (IE)
• Transitional Housing Program Plus (THP+)
• Foster Youth Resources Padlet -  https://padlet.com/NevadaCountyFYS/nevada-county-foster-youth-services-ztzw2j64intmwywc

Youth Hub Summer Day Camp
This camp started in the summer of 2021 to provide much-needed child care for working parents during the summer and after the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic. The day camp is for children in grades TK-8, and operates five days a week from 8am-6pm for five weeks. The camp provides a safe space for kids during the summer with a full schedule of enrichment and educational activities daily. The camp also provides first-time jobs for youth 16 ages and over from the community, including youth involved in BFFY programs. In 2023, 30 youth were employed and 250 kids attended this camp.

Web pages

• Home - https://bffyouth.org/

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…

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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/

LGBTQ+

• Trainings
• Professional Development
• No-cost Resources
• Gender Support Plan

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens through providing an array of services to help youth, families, organizations and institutions understand and address concepts of Gender identity and Gender expression, including how societal, cultural, organizational and community definitions of gender can be detrimental to any young person that does not fit neatly into these categories.

Gender Spectrum offers resources to empower your relationships, work, and interactions with youth and children. Gender Spectrum provides you with the tools necessary to create gender inclusive environments in your homes, offices, and communities.

Gender Spectrum provides:

• How-to guides
• Online Consultations
• Online Groups
• Research
• Sample training materials

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, Youth & Teens - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/children-youth-teens/
• Engaging Men - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/engaging-men/
• The Courage Museum - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/the-courage-museum/
• Global Violence Program - https://policy.futureswithoutviolence.org/international/
• Health - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/health-2/
• Learning & Leadership - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/leadership-professional-development/
• Policy & Advocacy - https://policy.futureswithoutviolence.org/
• Human Trafficking - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/human-trafficking/
• Workplace and Economic Justice - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/workplace-safety-equity/

In an effort to transform social norms, they train profess…

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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…

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