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]

Offers diagnostic and treatment services, medical case management, and therapy for child and youth up to age 21.

California Children Services (CCS) is a statewide program that treats children with certain physical limitations and chronic conditions or diseases. Most physically handicapping conditions are eligible for benefits under the CCS program. The CCS Program is funded by the state, county and federal tax money, along with some fees paid by the parents. This tax supported program authorizes and pays for specific medical services and rehabilitation for children by CCS approved specialists and has a Medical Therapy Program (MTU).

Offers complete health assessments by medical providers for the early detection and prevention of disease and disabilities in children and youth. Services also include well baby, child and teen check-ups and care, school entry exams, and sports and camp physicals.

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 partner who will become someone they can trust, learn with, and grow alongside. Youth will meet weekly for fun-centered and life skill building activities. They will also come together bi-monthly with a larger group of young people who are determined to grow and strengthen themselves while being a strong support system for one another. Some of the topics covered are self-care, sex and relationships, goal setting, budgeting, and figuring out burning questions like what the heck happens after age 18.
• The Level Up Youth Program works alongside youth to develop meaningful and trusting relationships, engage in positive, prosocial activities, and help youth connect to restorative justice/community service opportunities.  Level Up provides mentoring, education and employment support that helps prepare youth for independence.  Level Up p…

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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]

A collaborative that provides community resources, advocacy and outreach in the Truckee-Tahoe area. CCTT is a program of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation.

CCTT's vision is to create a safe, healthy, and enriching environment for children, youth, and families. Guiding principles include: help assess and prioritize community strengths and needs; convene and facilitate a community response; build capacity within the community; promote collaboration; and promote advocacy and leadership.

MISSION
CCTT is a partnership of non-profit and public organizations working together to address fundamental needs of families in the Tahoe Truckee Region. Collectively, we identify emerging community issues and develop strategies with our combined vision and resources. We do this by: promoting collaboration, holding the regional "big picture", assessing and prioritizing community needs, convening and facilitating a community response, building capacity in organizations and community members, promoting advo… [read more]

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

24-Hour-a-Day Sup… [read more]

Children's System Of Care (CSOC) has a Crisis/Child Welfare Services (CWS) Report Line to meet the special needs of children and youth who may be at risk, and their families, in Placer County.

CHILDREN EMERGENCY SERVICES - Placer County Crisis & Emergency Services
If your life is in danger or you need to report an emergency situation, call 911.

A telephone call can bring help in a crisis. For at-risk children in emergencies and crisis situations, a special 24-hour, 7-day a week, response program is available by calling Family and Children's Services: 916-872-6549 or toll free 866-293-1940.

CSOC Services

• 24-hour response for minors at risk of abuse or neglect
• Adoptions and Foster Home placement and licensing
• Behavioral and Mental Health Services - https://www.placer.ca.gov/2052/Childrens-Mental-Health-Services
• Child Welfare services
• Foster youth educational assistance (Placer County Office of Education) - https://www.placercoe.org/Pages/PCOE/Home.aspx
• Placer County …

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4 Elements Earth Education offers programs that introduce Earth Skills, which are a blend of the ancient arts of tracking, wilderness survival, and nature awareness. Our curriculum and experienced instructors give children, teens and adults first-hand experience of how to 'read' the landscape as stewards of the Earth. Through our programs, a re-thinking of our relationship to nature begins to occur. 

Programs

• Fox Walkers Youth Programs, Nevada City, CA - https://www.4eee.org/foxwalkers.html
• Coyote Tracks Youth Programs, Pennsylvania & New Jersey - https://www.4eee.org/coyotetracks.html
• Family and Teen Programs - https://www.4eee.org/teens--families.html
• ​Adult Programs - https://www.4eee.org/adults.html
• Scholarships - https://www.4eee.org/scholarships.html

NCSOS offers many educational services including programs on web pages listed below.
 
Web pages

• NCSOS home - https://nevco.org/
• Educational Services - https://nevco.org/programs/
• Homeless Children and Youth Services - https://nevco.org/homeless-youth-services/ (McKinney-Vento definition of homeless: https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/understanding-federal-definitions-3-12-18_508_0.pdf)
• Family Resource Centers - https://nevco.org/family-resource-centers/
• BasicPlus CPR, AED & First Aid Training - https://nevco.org/cpr-aed-training/
• Foster Youth Services - https://nevco.org/foster-youth-services/ including info about:
  • Foster Kinship Care Education (FKCE)
  • Nevada County Foster Youth Independent Living Program (ILP)
  • Indian Education (IE)
  • Transitional Housing Program Plus (THP+)