Animal Services is a Division of County of Placer Health & Human Services. There are Animal Shelters in Auburn and Truckee.

Placer County Animal Services strives to improve the lives of animals in their care through community outreach and education, providing veterinary treatment and preventative care, reuniting lost pets with their families and ensuring positive outcomes through adoption, rescue or foster programs.

SHELTER SERVICES

• Lost pet reunification
• Pet adoption
• Pet licensing
• Vaccine clinics
• Resources for pet owners
• Connection to local animal rescue groups and non-profit organizations
• Shelter tours
• Community education
• Volunteering
• Animal foster programs

FIELD SERVICES

• Stray animal pickup
• Aggressive animal response
• Cruelty/neglect investigations
• Barking complaints
• Public education
• Injured domestic and wildlife pickup
• Disaster response

ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES
We provide many services to residents, businesses, and law enforcement agencies within Placer County, including:

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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). 

CalHOPE builds community resiliency and helps people recover from disasters through free outreach, crisis counseling, and support services.

Includes the 24/7 CA Peer-Run Warm Line for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support: https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/. Call 855-845-7415 or chat. https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/ Note: As of March 2022, it is not yet known if funding for this service will be renewed.

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 (…

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CIRBY WELLNESS CENTER

The Cirby Wellness Center offers an array of wellness services all in one place. Activities are facilitated by both peer and professional staff. The activities offered at the Wellness Center are free of cost and designed to foster a sense of community and shared recovery.

The Wellness Center features:

• A community garden
• Art groups
• Journaling classes
• Choir
• Walking and hiking groups
• Yoga
• Meditation
• Various exercise groups
• Health education
• Cooking classes
• Job readiness
• and more

Activities are free of cost. Participants are not required to pay for any portion. Any materials and equipment needed for the groups will be provided. Participants only need to arrive with an open mind and willingness to try new things.

Resource Center
Visit the resource center inside the Cirby Wellness Center to find assistance with:

• Housing
• Food banks
• Medi-Cal
• Substance use clinic
• Mental health screening
• Resume and cover letter writing
• Volunteer jobs
• Budgeting
• Social media navigation
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Destiny Community Center is a place for families and individuals to learn, grow, and heal. Our mission is to empower families & unite communities.

Services:

• Art and family classes
• Education
• Mental Health workshops
• School outreach
  • School Field Trips
  • After-school clubs
    • A free kids program at local schools promoting creativity, fitness, science, and math through interactive sessions.
  • ​On-Campus Tutoring
    • Homework assistance
    • Free educational assistance at Destiny Community Center
• Foster Care Initiative
  • Monthly Foster Family Nights provide activities for kids, connection and mentorship for teens, and training and encouragement for parents and caregivers – free to foster and adopted families
  • Families looking to foster or adopt are invited to our quarterly Q/A nights where panels of foster/adopt families and agencies are available to answer questions in addition to walking through the licensing process together
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The California Highway Patrol provides services that prevent loss of life, injuries, and property damage as well as manages traffic and emergency incidents to promote safety and protect public and state assets. CHP offices typically have information about child car seats, including proper installation of them, and knowledge of community programs that may be able to provide a car seat to a family in need.

Emergency:
Dial 9-1-1

Non-Emergency:
Call CHP at 1-800-TELL-CHP (1-800-835-5247) for non-emergency purposes (24 hours a day, seven days a week)

Non emergency:

• Accident reports
• Tow questions
• CHP office locations
• Vehicle theft tips
• Community outreach programs

Report Suspicious Activity
If you are reporting an emergency that requires immediate attention please dial 9-1-1
If you observe suspicious activity or possess information that may have a terrorism connection and does not represent an immediate life-threatening situation, please locate the Regional Threat Awareness Center for… [read more]

If you need help right now, call 530-265-5811 or toll free at 888-801-1437. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text “HOME” to 741741.

Let’s Talk Nevada County is a campaign to promote awareness of wellness strategies and resources and encourage conversations about how we’re feeling during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

The goal of the Let’s Talk Nevada County campaign is to remind each member of our community that self-care is critical right now, as is communication and connection with our natural networks of support. In challenging times, taking care of ourselves and others is important.

Life can leave us feeling stressed, anxious and worried during good times, not to mention during a pandemic. In addition, the national dialogue around structural and institutionalized racism and inequality is bringing up a lot of emotions for people. Let's talk, Nevada County.

https://www.mynevadacounty.com/2965/Lets-Talk-Nevada-County

This resource is eligible for electronic referral. As a member of the Nevada County Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC), FREED assists people in making informed decisions about their short or long–term care needs, and to help them make a plan to be able to live as they want in the community.

The ADRC helps individuals form a realistic view of what the community options in Nevada County really are. The consumer is encouraged to sit down with the ADRC Navigator to make an action plan and then become responsible for carrying out the steps of the plan. A sample plan might include contacting family members for their input, contacting a financial advisor or planner to help with the money issues, or gathering information from local agencies on energy assistance or low cost telephone programs. It is up to the person to follow through on the plan but assistance from the ADRC Navigator is readily available if needed. A follow-up call will be made to see if the plan has been successfu… [read more]

Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide a wide range of social and psychological services, including professional readjustment counseling to eligible Veterans, active duty service members, including National Guard and Reserve components, and their families.

Readjustment counseling is offered to make a successful transition from military to civilian life or after a traumatic event experienced in the military. Individual, group, marriage and family counseling is offered in addition to referral and connection to other VA or community benefits and services. Vet Center counselors and outreach staff, many of whom are Veterans themselves, are experienced and prepared to discuss the tragedies of war, loss, grief and transition after trauma.

Straight for Equality is a national outreach and education program created in 2007 by PFLAG National to empower new allies who, unlike a more traditional PFLAG member, don’t necessarily have a family connection to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.

If you’re one of the roughly 8 in 10 people who can say, “I have an LGBTQ friend (or coworker, or acquaintance)” this is the place for you.

Straight for Equality provides information and resources that will help straight allies understand their role in supporting and advocating for LGBTQ people.

PFLAG’s work with parents and families over the past 45 years has helped us learn that there is a coming out process for allies. It takes learning and resources if allies want to move from just feeling supportive to actively being supportive. For us, ally is both an identity and a verb.

We’re not talking about major political protests (although that's certainly an option) but the everyday changes and conversations that… [read more]

The Caregiver Advantage is a free 7-week program of education and support for caregivers. Pre-registration required. Free care for your loved one provided by Helping Hands Adult Day Program so you can do the training.

2021
Meets once a week on Thursdays beginning September 16, 2021.
10am-1pm - Free training
10am-3pm - Free care provided for the person you care for so you can do the training, then have a couple of hours to do other things.

Contact: Elizabeth Rawson, MA, 530-277-1294, thecaregiveradvantage@gmail.com
www.thecaregiveradvantage.com

2021 Syllabus
Sept 16         Meeting # 1: Creativity As Self-Care    
Introductions, caregiver welcome. A breathing exercise and visualization introduce techniques for stress reduction. Collage integrates what is needed for each caregiver step out of isolation to find a “safe place” to begin to explore self-priority skills. Sharing begins the group pulling together.
 
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