AMI Housing, Inc (AMIH) provides housing, employment, and life skills programs to residents of Nevada County and Placer County who otherwise might be homeless. Nevada County residents must be clients of Turning Point. AMIH offers assistance in multiple languages through a Language Line service.

All AMI programs require:

• Proof of county residency for 14 days before being eligible for funding
• Current income that can support housing costs going forward after any funding assistance from AMIH

​AMIH and 211 offer assistance in multiple languages through a Language Line service.

Call 2-1-1 or 833-342-5211 for information about, and eligibility screening for, the following programs.

• Homelessness Prevention - For people who are at risk of losing their current housing.
• Rapid Rehousing - For people who are currently unhoused. Coordinated Entry intake required.
• Transition Age Youth - For Transition Age Youth (TAY) ages 18-24 in PLACER COUNTY. Help with life skills and finding housing.
  
  

Web pages

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Placer Independent Resource Services (PIRS) serves Placer, El Dorado, and Alpine counties. Any person in the service area with a disability is eligible for free services.

PLEASE NOTE
~ PIRS does not provide any kind of financial assistance.
~ PIRS does not provide direct housing placement. PIRS can provide general information about housing resources and can assist with applications; advises about search strategies and tenant/landlord rights and responsibilities. No referral or placement services provided.

Services include

• Assistive Technology (AT) Resource Coordination
• Peer Support
• Personal Assistant Referral
• Benefits Counseling
• Transportation and Housing Resource Information and Advocacy
• Independent Living Skills Training
• Information and Referral
• Individual and Systems Advocacy
• Minor Home Modification
• Transition to Community-based Living
• Diversion from Institutionalization
• Transition to Adulthood for Post-secondary School Youth withDisabilities
• Technical Assistance on Disability Access
• Community Educ…

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The HUD-VASH Voucher program offers homeless or at risk of homelessness veterans with housing assistance information and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers.

To refer a veteran call 877-4AID VET (877-424-3838).

Veterans are:

• Connected with the Homeless Point of Contact at the nearest VA facility
  • VA Medical Center
    (VAMC) Locator
    • Locate a local VA Medical Center now
      Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness can call or visit their local VA Medical Center (VAMC) and ask for a Homeless Coordinator. Use the VA locator tool www.va.gov/directory to find your nearest VAMC and call or visit today.
  • Locations include:
    • RENO VAMC
    • Auburn VA Outpatient Clinic
    • Lincoln Vet Center
• Hotline staff conducts a brief screening to assess needs.
• Family members and non-VA providers calling on behalf of a veteran will be provided with information regarding homeless programs and services currently available
• Contact information will be requested so that homeless…

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Victory Village Veteran's Center serves those who have served our great nation. They facilitate Veterans Services for our service members, veterans, and families by streamlining access to Veterans Housing, Education, Life Skills and Physical Wellness services.  In support of Military and Families, they are bridging the gap from military service to civilian life.

Auburn & Nevada County services:  

• Help with VA
• Goal setting
• Employment
• Benefits
• Veteran Support Groups
• Family Support
• Financial Assistance
• Housing Search
• Landlord Liaison
• Emergency housing assistance
• Utility assistance
• Rental assistance
• Unemployment workshop
• Move-in assistance (furniture)
• Deposit for apartments

Websites:

• Main page - www.vvvets.org/

USDA Rural Development services include:

• Helping rural residents buy or rent safe, affordable housing and making health and safety repairs to their homes.
• Loans, grants, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing; health care; first responder services and equipment; and water, electric, and communications infrastructure.
• Technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their operations.

See a comprehensive list of of programs in the document called USDA Rural Development Summary of Programs.

The document has program information for:

• single family housing
• multifamily house
• community programs
• energy and electric programs
• telecommunications programs
• water and environmental programs
• business and cooperative programs

Web pages

• USDA Rural Development Summary of Programs - https://www.rd.usda.gov/sites/default/files/RD_ProgramMatrix.pdf
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The USDA Rural Housing Service provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their homes or provides grants to elderly (62 or older) very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.

• Eligibility requirements, loan and grant amounts, etc.
• Single Family Housing Repair Loan and Grants fact sheet
• Single Family Housing Programs
• Eligible dwelling size: 440 minimum to 2,000 maximum square feet. These may be waived on rare occasions, so people with smaller or larger dwellings may apply. Source: Handbook HB-1-3550, Chapter 5, page 12 (pdf page 245).
• All USDA Rural Development projects

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Single Family Housing eligibility requirements, loan and grant amounts, etc - https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-repair-loans-grants/ca
• Single Family Housing Programs - https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-programs
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Placer County Office of Education Foster Youth Services partners with the Children's System of Care to identify provides educational case management for students and foster care.  

Eligibility - Open to any foster case.  

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Youth are eligible for ILP services from age 14 to the day before their 21st birthday, provided one of the following criteria is met:

• Youth was/is in foster care at least one day after their 16th birthday
• Youth is a former dependent who entered into a kinship guardianship at any age and is receiving/received Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (KinGAP) between ages 16-18
• Youth is a former dependent who entered into a Non-Related Legal Guardianship (NRLG) after attaining age 8 and is receiving/received permanent placement services
• Youth is between 14-15 years with an open dependency case (in placement) & attending school or living in Placer County (*if youth remains in out of home placement at least one day after their 16th birthday, yout…

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The Placer County Chipper Program is a cost-share program, funded by Placer County and CAL FIRE, that provides low-cost residential chipper service for Placer County residents, incentivizes fuels reduction, and promotes defensible space adherence and fire prevention activities. For $80 / hour, residents can utilize a crew that will chip and broadcast piled vegetation. Cost-share fees may be waived for landowners who meet the “Very Low Limit” as defined by the Placer County Department of Housing and Urban Development. To find out if you are eligible for fee waivers, visit https://www.placer.ca.gov/2134/Housing-Vouchers

Request Chipper
To request chipper service, visit https://placerrcd.org/projects/chipperprogram or call (530) 889-0111, Ext. 3 and leave a message with your name, site address, phone number, and location of the brush pile.

Please do not schedule service until your piles are ready.
Vacant lots are not eligible.
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Blossom Place provides safe housing, one-on-one support, and resources so former foster and at-risk young women ages 18-24 can learn life skills, achieve their goals, and gain the confidence to blossom into who they are meant to be.

Web pages

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

McAuley Meadows offers an independent senior affordable housing community in Auburn. The community features 59 one-bedroom apartments for seniors age 55 and older. 

Web pages

• Mercy Housing home - https://www.mercyhousing.org/
• McAuley Meadows Application & Other Information - https://www.mercyhousing.org/california/mcauley-meadows