The National Runaway Safeline (NRS) aims to keep America’s runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. The National Runaway Safeline responds to youth and families in crisis, serving as a national communications system for runaway and homeless youth.

24-hour crisis line - 800-786-2929 (800-RUN-AWAY)


Web pages

• Home - https://www.1800runaway.org/

24-HOUR CRISIS LINE - 530-272-3467
Text - 530-290-6555
Chat - rc.chat/cbv
Business line - 530-272-2046

Community Beyond Violence offers a 24 hour crisis line which is available 365 days a year to victims in crisis from domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or dating violence, and for their friends or family members. Advocate/Counselors are available 24 hours a day for counseling and response to the hospital or law enforcement. Depending on circumstances, possible emergency transportation, food, and shelter may be available to those in crisis. All services are free, confidential and non-discriminatory.

Web pages

• Home - https://cbv.org/
• Services - https://www.cbv.org/our-services

This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

24-hour crisis line 800-575-5352

Stand Up Placer's 24-hour crisis line advocates offer support, resources, and referrals to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and their families. If you are unsure if you are a victim, this is a good first step for you to take on your path to safety and healing.

Be sure to follow these precautions:

• Call from a safe location, away from your abuser, so that he/she is not aware that you are planning on leaving or where you are going.
• Be mindful of calling the Crisis Line from your home or your cell phone if your abuser has access to your phone bills or records.
• If your abuser attempts to locate you after you leave, finding that you called Stand Up Placer Crisis Line may alert him/her to which agency is assisting you.

Web pages

• Stand Up Placer - https://www.standupplacer.org/
• Response Teams -- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team (DVERT) - https://www.standupplacer.org/get-help/em…

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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) coordinates volunteers to mentor foster youth and act as the "eyes and ears of the judge and the voice of the child."

Through court reports and court appearances, CASA volunteers state the child’s wishes and provide the court with recommendations as to what actions would be in the child’s best interests.

Web page

• Home - https://casaplacer.org/casa/

The Tahoe Truckee Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) is a program of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation. CAPC's activities are funded by the Children’s Trust Fund in both Placer and Nevada Counties.

CAPC activities include:

• Providing funding for parenting classes
• Staff training
• Community education
• Advocating for child abuse prevention strategies across the region

Web pages

• Home - https://tahoetruckeecapc.wordpress.com/

The Child Safety Puppeteers program recruits and trains local high school students to perform educational puppet shows in preschool and elementary school classrooms countywide. The performances teach children how to recognize and report abuse, inappropriate touching, and bullying.


Web pages

• Home - https://caofnc.org/child-safety-puppeteers/

This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

Child Support Services works with parents and guardians to establish a partnership to provide their children with financial and medical support. This is achieved by locating each parent, establishing paternity and support obligations, and enforcing child support orders.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1514/Child-Support-Services

Sierra Nevada Regional Department of Child Support Services (SNRDCSS) provides the following services:

• Establishing paternity
• Locating a parent to establish paternity and/or child support and enforcing child support payment
• Establishing, modifying and enforcing a court order to pay child support
• Collecting and distributing child and spousal support payments
• Establishing and enforcing medical support (including dental and vision care) and family support orders
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/491/About-Child-Support-Services

Nevada Child Welfare Services​ responds to child abuse and neglect reports 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Reports may be made at any time. All referrals are investigated within mandated timeframes.

​Call 888-456-9380 or 530-273-4291 to report child abuse or neglect. If phones do not pick up, call 2-1-1 or 833-342-5211.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/1023/Child-Welfare-Services

Child Advocates of Placer County offers programs that support and work with children and youth.

• The Be Bold Youth Program pairs youth with an adult mentor who will become someone they can trust, learn with, and grow alongside. The hope is to provide life tools and skills that can empower youth to make safer and healthier choices.
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://casaplacer.org
• Be Bold program - https://casaplacer.org/be-bold