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EXCEL ROSEVILLE

EXCEL ROSEVILLE #65630936


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  • 313 High Street
    Roseville, Placer

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.

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FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES - SLTFRC

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER #4661095


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  • South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado

Offers bilingual parenting education classes, ESL classes, bilingual peer counseling, therapy groups for children, and youth programs. Families receive assistance meeting basic needs through referrals and assistance with for housing, medical and dental services, food, and clothing.
FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE, YOUTH FIRESETTER PROGRAM

FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE, YOUTH FIRESETTER PROGRAM #65630940


location_on C
  • 3101 Stockton Boulevard
    Sacramento, Sacramento
local_phone
  • Phone 1
    916-739-8525

If your child has experimented with fire, sign him or her up for the Firefighters Burn Institute Youth Firesetter Program. Call their toll free number 1 (888) 452-SAFE (7233) or email them from the Contact Tab above. Their program provides staff for pre-academy interviews with the child involved in firesetting and his/her family, a fire safety academy completed in two sessions is also provided. As part of the academy, children will learn:

-Fire safety education
-Fire hazard recognition
-Home escape planning
-Responsibility
-Problem solving skills
-Natural & legal consequences
-Communication
-Thinking errors
-Peer pressure
-Leadership skills
-Dealing with and sharing feelings.

Placement for families who need counseling services is also part of the program.
FREE CALIFORNIA BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE - HC

HOUSING CALIFORNIA #82876115


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  • 1107 9th Street, Suite 560
    Sacramento, Sacramento

Housing California has information about how homeless services providers can assist people experiencing homelessness in getting a free copy of a California birth certificate. 

See details about process and eligibility at these web pages (a homeless service provider* must be involved):Please note that Housing California does not issue birth certificates. It provides information on how to obtain them at the links above.

* What is a “homeless service provider?”
  • i.) A governmental or nonprofit agency receiving federal, state, or county or municipal funding to provide services to a “homeless person” or “homeless child or youth,” or that is otherwise sanctioned to provide those services by a local homeless continuum of care or…
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FREE CALIFORNIA PHOTO ID FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE - HC

HOUSING CALIFORNIA #82875839


Housing California has information about how homeless services providers can assist people experiencing homelessness in getting a free California photo ID. 

See details about process and eligibility at these web pages (a homeless service provider* must be involved):Please note that Housing California does not issue photo IDs. It provides information on how to obtain them at the links above.

* What is a “homeless service provider?”
  • i.) A governmental or nonprofit agency receiving federal, state, or county or municipal funding to provide services to a “homeless person” or “homeless child or youth,” or that is otherwise sanctioned to provide those services by a local homeless continuum of care organization.
  • ii.) An attorney licensed to practice law i…
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GENDER SPECTRUM

GENDER SPECTRUM #65630952


location_on E
  • 1271 Washington Ave. #834
    San Leandro, Alameda

LGBTQ+
  • Trainings
  • Professional Development
  • No-cost Resources
  • Gender Support Plan

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens through providing an array of services to help youth, families, organizations and institutions understand and address concepts of Gender identity and Gender expression, including how societal, cultural, organizational and community definitions of gender can be detrimental to any young person that does not fit neatly into these categories.

Gender Spectrum offers resources to empower your relationships, work, and interactions with youth and children. Gender Spectrum provides you with the tools necessary to create gender inclusive environments in your homes, offices, and communities.

Gender Spectrum provides:
  • How-to guides
  • Online Consultations
  • Online Groups
  • Research
  • Sample training materials

Websites:
GRANITE WELLNESS CENTERS - GWC

GRANITE WELLNESS CENTERS #74370166


Granite Wellness Centers (formerly known as Community Recovery Resources, or CoRR) provides comprehensive services to promote wellness for individuals and families with a focus on addressing substance use disorders.

In case of a medical emergency call 911 immediately. Granite Wellness Centers is a source of naloxone. Naloxone is a medication used to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It can reverse and block the effects of opioids such as such as heroin, fentanyl, morphine, codeine, and oxycodone. Administered when a patient is showing signs of opioid overdose, naloxone’s overdose reversal is a temporary treatment and its effects do not last long. So call 911 immediately after administering/receiving naloxone (NARCAN is a brand of naloxone). Naloxone is easy to learn to administer and is an important drug safety resource.

Granite Wellness offers residential and outpatient substance use disorder treatment services for adults and youth with personalized treatment plans including group … [read more]
HALLOWEEN BOOK GIVEAWAY - CSNNC

COMMUNITY SUPPORT NETWORK OF NEVADA COUNTY #70103452


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  • Nevada City, Nevada

Each year the Community Support Network collaborates on the Halloween Book Giveaway youth literacy event with a number of other local organizations.

Halloween 2021 Book Giveaway - Drive Up event
WHAT: Spooky Booky Giveaway for ages 0-18 while supplies last
WHEN: Friday, October 29, 2021 from 3-5pm
WHERE: Drive-Thru at the Madelyn Helling Library, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City, CA 95959
SAFETY: This event will follow all relevant COVID-19 protocols and guidance.
INFO: csnnc.org
SPONSORS INCLUDE: Community Support Network of Nevada County, First 5 Nevada County, Nevada County Community Library, Nevada County Public Health

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.
K9'S 4 KIDS - CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY

CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY #68810610


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  • 3715 Atherton Road, Suite 1
    Rocklin, Placer

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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KOINONIA CRISIS RESOLUTION CENTER

KOINONIA FAMILY SERVICES #65630983


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  • 3751 Magnolia Street
    Loomis, Placer

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]