The Youth Mentor program assigns volunteer mentors to children who are at-risk of educational failure, and former foster youth who are transitioning into adulthood without family support. These at-risk youth are not currently involved in any court system, but are identified as being at-risk of educational failure (truancy) or of entering the juvenile justice or child welfare systems.

As with CASA volunteers, Mentors meet weekly with the youth, helping to:

• Define and accomplish goals
• Introduce youth to opportunties and potential life paths that they never dreamed possible
• As important role models, Mentors strive to navigate at-risk youth and former foster youth toward positive outcomes that will help these young people transition successfully into adulthood.

For more information, contact the Child Advocates of Placer County's office: (530) 887-1006.

Websites:

• Youth Mentor program - https://casaplacer.org/youth/

The K9's 4 Kids​ program gives children who are experiencing trauma a chance to love and be loved by a trained therapy dog and experience normalcy in a stressful environment. A dog facilitates an acceptable emotional connection for youth who have a hard time connecting with others.

A therapy dog team includes a dog, a handler, and a companion volunteer – typically a CASA volunteer.

Child Advocates of Placer County's teams visit:

• Juvenile Detention Facility (for probation youth) every Friday afternoon 
• Koinonia Emergency Placement homes (for kids who have recently been detained from their families due to abuse or neglect) every Tuesday

In order to expand the K9's 4 Kids program to transitional housing programs and other sites, Child Advocates of Placer County is looking for people who have a trained dog to join. If you are interested in participating in the K9’s 4 Kids program, follow the steps listed here: https://casaplacer.org/k9s-4-kids/

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Children's System of Care is one of six Divisions of County of Placer Health & Human Services.

Placer CSOC meets the behavioral needs of at-risk children and their families, through a comprehensive and integrated team of Mental Health, Child Welfare, Probation, Education, Substance Abuse, Public Health nursing professionals and family youth advocates.

Eligibility for Placer Children’s Behavioral Health services includes full scope Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Those who do not meet eligibility criteria are assessed on an individual basis.

Services include:

• Assessment and referral for mental health services
• Evaluation and response of suspected child abuse reports
• Foster youth educational assistance (Placer County Office of Education)
• Adoptions and Resource Family Approval placements
• Child welfare services
• Juvenile probation citation hearings
• Family supportive services
• Substance use screening and referrals

Family and Children’s Services may be reached by dialing 916-872-6549 or Toll Free… [read more]

Excel Roseville serves families in the neighborhood and is proud to sustain a healthy, stable environment and enrich the quality of life in the North Roseville neighborhood.

Excel Roseville helps create a positive impact on at-risk children’s lives with programs that are free to all participants.

Excel’s priorities are Education and Academic Support, Life skill training, as well as encouraging Creative outlets. They believe in giving youth chances to experience different opportunities that they would not otherwise have.

For children ages 4-19 the Excel Roseville after school program focuses on tutoring, one on one reading, art history, life skills, recreation and sports.

For teens ages 13-18 the Excel Roseville has a teen leadership program, with tutors available upon request.

Websites:

• Excel Roseville - https://excelroseville.net
• Community Impact - https://excelroseville.net/community-impact

The Crisis Resolution Center provides solution-focused, trauma-informed, and person focus family intervention; which resolves family crises and establishes reunification of children ages 12-17 with their families. The Crisis Resolution Center, located in Loomis California, is a six-bed (co-ed) facility with counseling services, fully licensed and professionally staffed to provide short-term out-client family services and short-term residential care.

Our team (composed of well-trained house parents, child care workers, and a CRC Case Manager) offers the highest quality of:

• Relationship counseling
• Conflict resolution
• Parent-child training
• Referral services

Short-term residential placement for teenagers ages 12-17 (average stay is approximately one to two weeks).Youth at the Crisis Resolution Center experience a stable, well-supervised schedule that follows a three-phase process:

1. Orientation and Crisis De-escalation
2. Counseling and Outreach
3. Reunification and After Care

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Koinonia Foster Families has been bringing hope to the new generation for over 30 years. While foster care and adoption accounts for the largest part of our organization, we have developed seven wonderful programs to treat, support, and improve the lives of foster children, adoptive children, group home children, and at-risk youth and families.

Koinonia is also an industry leader in representing the interests and rights of children and young people in "the system" through regulatory and legislative advocacy.

Becoming a professional Foster Parent consists of:

• A Monthly reserve/stipend
• Mileage reimbursement to schools out of district
• Ongoing training
• Weekly in-home support
• 24 hour support
• Paid vacation time
• Respite care
• Discounts through IFoster.org
• CPR/First Aid
• CPI training

KIDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY NEED YOU

Please contact us for more information.

Websites:

• Koinonia Family Services - https://www.kfh.org/

The Placer Sheriff’s Activities League is engaged in activities and events after school three days a week for local youth.

The events include mentoring, leadership and promote good decision making through sports and/or presentations. The program also implements a drug and gang prevention environment. Look under programs tab on website for specific details of each program.

The Placer Sheriff’s Activities League is facilitated at Parkside Church in Auburn and is hosted by a Placer County Sheriff’s Deputies, Placer County Probation, Children System of Care, Latino Leadership Counsel and KidsFirst.

The Placer Sheriff’s Activities League is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The Placer Sheriff’s Activities League, along with its partnerships, will work and provide youth with valuable life skills benefiting themselves and the community. Strives to prevent youth involvement of gangs as well as drug use.

AT A GLANCE: SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND ALLIES TO MEET AND FIND SUPPORT.

The Landing Spot Youth Group

A non-religious support group and safe space for LGBTQ youth ages 13-20 in Placer County.

The focus is on support, education, and safe social events such as dances, holiday celebrations, and field trips.

Meetings are generally held on the third Monday of the month, from 6-7:30pm and are currently held at The Loomis Basin Congregational Church, 6440 King Rd. in Loomis.

Facilitators are: Pastor Casey Tinnen, educator, parent, and ally Daniella Zimmerman, and community member Kristian Maul.
The Landing Spot Parent Group

A tandem support group for parents of LGBTQ youth in Placer County, meets on the same day at the same time in a different room. Grandparents, guardians, and foster parents of LGBTQ youth in Placer County also welcome.

Facilitators include local parents/guardians of LGBTQ children/adults, and monthly topics are discussed/presented.

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ADOPTION - Children are best served in loving permanent family environments.

Children's System of Care provides placement approval for matched families through the Resource Family Approval process, and support for parents wishing to voluntarily relinquish their children for adoption.

Potential Adoptive Families
If you interested in becoming an adoptive family please visit the Adoption & Permanency Services page of Stanford Sierra Youth & Families. https://www.ssyaf.org/post/adoption-permanency-services

FOSTER PARENT - https://www.placer.ca.gov/2060/Foster-and-Adoptive-Parents
Becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent

Placer County has a continuing need for foster and adoptive families. Placer County provides foster care licensing and adoptive home studies to families who are interested in opening their homes. Placer County works in partnership with several community based organizations such as Koinonia Family Services, Stanford Youth Solutions/Sierra Forever Families,… [read more]

The Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program is a statewide health program whose goal is to assure that all children and youth of families with limited income in California stay healthy by providing complete health exams, preventive services and immunizations to eligible children.

CHDP provides care coordination to assist families with medical appointment scheduling, transportation and access to prompt diagnostic and treatment services to prevent or greatly reduce the severity of suspected problems.

The CHDP program also provides a "gateway" to ongoing health care for children by linking families to health insurance and a medical home.

​Please see our website or contact us for more information.