Placer Business Resource Center is your central source for business readiness. Experienced professionals are equipped to:

• Deliver workshops and classes
• Meet one-on-one with industry experts about your specific challenges
• Recruit talent with customizable events
• Help you navigate and comply with regulations (fees, permits)
• Offer free one-on-one advising for small business owners impacted by COVID-19 
  • Connect with a business advisor

Placer Business Resource Center (BRC) also connects employers to job seekers by:

• Hosting hiring events that allow businesses and interested job seekers to meet face to face
• Advertising job openings

In collaboration with the Small Business Administration (SBA), Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), Placer School for Adults (PSA), and others, Placer Business Resource Center serves businesses of all sizes at every stage of the business life cycle. All services are low or no cost and available for as long as you need them.

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Stand Up Placer offers Recovery services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and their families. For more information on all the services listed here, please call our Helpline at 800-575-5352 or our service office at 916-773-7273.

Crisis counseling
Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking can obtain crisis counseling at any time, day or night, either by calling the Stand Up Placer 24-hour Helpline at 1-800-575-5352, using our chat feature, or by coming into one of our service offices during business hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A trained advocate will assess the survivors’ situations, help them with a safety plan, and go over various options with them.

Shelter and safe housing
Stand Up Placer provides emergency confidential shelter where necessary for survivors and their children who are in immediate danger. A shelter stay provides an opportunity for survivors to be safe, to a… [read more]

California HOPE (CalHOPE) delivers crisis phone support and a warm line for communities impacted by a national disaster. This is a Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and run by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

Services include:

• Individual and Group Crisis Counseling and Support
• Individual and Public Education
• Community Networking and Support
• Connection to Resources
• Media and Public Service Announcements
• CalHOPE Warm Line: 833-317-HOPE (4673)
  • California Peer Run Warm Line (ext. 1): Operates 24/7. Also 855-845-7415
    
    

Web pages

• CalHope - https://www.calhope.org/
• FEMA - https://www.fema.gov/
• DHCS - https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx

The California Immunization Registry (CAIR) is a secure computer system that stores immunization (shot) records. People can get a copy of their vaccine record (which includes COVID-19 vaccine info) through the Digital Vaccine Record (DVR) portal.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CAIR/Pages/CAIR-updates.aspx
• Digital Vaccine Record (DVR) portal - https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, is responsible for the following:

• Protection and improvement of the health and safety of working men and women in California
• Protection and improvement of the safety of passengers riding on elevators, amusement rides, and tramways
• Setting and enforcing standards
• Providing outreach, education, and assistance
• Issuing permits, licenses, certifications, registrations, and approvals

Contact Cal/OSHA - https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/Contactus.html
(Cal/OSHA Branches, Cal/OSHA Units, and Cal/OSHA Headquarters contact information)

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COVID-19 Resources

Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Guidance and Resources - https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/coronavirus/

Workplace safety and health regulations in California require employers to take steps to protect workers exposed to infectious diseases like the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is widespread in the community. Cal/OSHA has posted resources to help employers …

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WHEN A POWER SHUTOFF HAPPENS go to this page for updates:
https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/updates/
If this link does not work it may be due to extremely high volume. Try again later.

For translated support in over 200 additional languages, please call PG&E at 833-208-4167.

Scroll down that page (link) to find locations of Community Resource Centers where devices can be charged and other COVID-safe services may be available.

To get to that same page people can also put "pge power shutoff" into the search engine on their phone, bring up the PG&E page, and click the button to "Get Current Information."

Look up your address and see an outage map - https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/updates/

Weather awareness, zone map, definition of terms for PSPS potential (not expected, elevated, PSPS watch, PSPS warning) - pge.com/weather

FOOD SAFETY DURING AND AFTER A POWER SHUTOFF
https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/food-safety-during-power-outage

PREPARING FOR A POWER SHUTOFF
PG&E may deci…

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Tenants Together is a statewide renters’ rights organization devoted to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants. We work to help tenants assert their rights to safe, decent, and affordable housing. Most tenants around the state have no meaningful protection from rising rents, unfair evictions and abusive landlords. Tenants Together can help answer questions about rights as a tenant in California and provide assistance to those facing a difficult situation with a landlord. http://www.tenantstogether.org/

For information regarding evictions, see the Tenant Defense Toolkit here:
https://www.tenantstogether.org/covid-19-tenant-defense?link_id=3&can_id=ec8cca940403a030d35e51d640e5cc1a&source=email-tt-update-fighting-through-the-fall-for-tenants&email_referrer=email_1290731&email_subject=fighting-through-the-fall-know-your-rights-_la-lucha-sigue-conozca-sus-derechos

Please call the bilingual hotline at 888-495-8020 or visit their website at www.tenantstoge… [read more]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pacific Southwest (Region 9 / San Francisco) implements and enforces federal environmental laws in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and 148 Tribal Nations.

Resources related to COVID-19:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and resources from EPA.
• Read Joint Guidance from CDC and EPA on cleaning and disinfecting (Public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools, and homes)
• List of Disinfectants for Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Web pages

• Home - https://www.epa.gov/
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources - http://www.epa.gov/coronavirus
  
• Guidance on Cleaning & Disinfecting - https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/guidance-cleaning-and-disinfecting-public-spaces-workplaces-businesses-schools-and-homes
  
• Disinfectants for Coronavirus (COVID-19) - https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-coronavirus-covid-19
  

HHS, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) offers COVID-19 testing that can help you know if you have COVID-19 so you can decide what to do next, like getting treatment to reduce your risk of severe illness and taking steps to lower your chances of spreading the virus to others.

Your order of COVID tests is completely free including shipping. Want to know when your tests are coming? Sign up to receive email alerts when you order.

To order, call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).

Web pages

• Home - https://www.covidtests.gov/

The US Department of Veterans Affairs works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal partners to provide COVID-19 vaccines to eligible Veterans and family members at no cost.

Veterans who have established VA healthcare can call the facility where they receive treatment for information about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Here are the numbers for some regional facilities:
Auburn: 530-889-0872
Mather: 916-843-7000
McClellan: 916-561-7400
Reno: 888-838-6256

Check this page often for updates: https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/

Web pages

• Home - https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/