The Nevada County Public Health Department provides Health Education and Prevention Programs

• Alcohol and drug use prevention education
• CalFresh healthy living
• Emergency Preparedness & Planning
• Oral health program
• Suicide prevention education
• Tobacco use prevention
• WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program

Mental Health Matters Nevada County is a website for learning about mental health services and suicide prevention resources. It was created by Nevada County Public Health and Nevada County Behavioral Health.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3962/Public-Health _​
• Health Education and Wellness - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/678/Healthy-Community-Programs
• Prescription Drug Take Back info - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/683/Prescription-Drug-Take-Back
• Mental Health Matters Nevada County - https://mentalhealthmattersnc.com/

Welcome Home Vets provides individual therapy for veterans and their families and support group meetings. WHV contracts with local psychologists who are knowledgeable in both psychotherapy and military culture.

WHV also provides advocacy for veterans and their families by working to increase community awareness of the problem of military-related psychological trauma and its effects on the veteran, the family, and the community.

Turning Point Community Programs provide a variety of mental health services for people with psychiatric disabilities to help them achieve recovery, independence, and self-sufficiency. People can self-refer for some programs and some programs require a referral from another agency.

Referrals for most Nevada County programs must be made by Nevada County Behavioral Health. Call 530-265-1437.

• Insight Respite Center (IRC) is a four-bedroom home in rural Nevada County that is peer operated. The team fosters a stigma-free supportive and healing environment for adults (18+) with mental health symptoms who are experiencing a difficult time in their community. The team provides respite services to prevent a crisis from occurring or requiring hospitalization. During an individual’s stay they will receive peer support which fosters growth through self-empowerment and self-esteem building.
• Providence Center Adult Assertive Community Treatment (AACT) program provides intensive outpatient-based…

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PEARLS: Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding Lives is a community integrated, home-based treatment for depression that significantly reduces symptoms and improves health. It is an evidence based practice for working with older adults.

The treatment is based on three fundamental principles:

• What a participant is experiencing are symptoms and the symptoms are due to depression.
• There is a close link between depression and unsolved problems.
• Increasing participation in social, physical, and other pleasant activities will lead to a decrease in depressive symptoms.

PEARLS Process:

• Meet by phone, Zoom, Facetime, or any digital platform that will work for both parties.
• Depression screening (PHQ-9) takes place at the beginning, at each session, and at the culmination to track progress.
• 6 to 8, 1-hour sessions over 6 months: (weekly, bi-weekly, then monthly) and then 3-6 follow up phone calls.
• Focus is on the Problem-solving process and increasing social, physical and pleasurable activitie…

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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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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

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/

 

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/