Enhanced Care Management is a program of Adult System of Care, one of six Divisions of County of Placer Health & Human Services.

Enhanced Care Management (ECM) offers extra services at no cost to Medi-Cal members who have complex needs and challenges that make it difficult to improve their health. This could include health conditions or challenges such as not having a place to live. To get ECM services, someone must be enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care health plan and meet certain eligibility requirements. The ECM provider will assign a lead care manager who works with the client to help them get the health care and social services needed. The lead care manager helps the client:

• Stay engaged in their health care
• Make a plan to meet their health goals
• Connect and update doctors about the clients' needs and wishes
• Learn how to better support their health issues
• Move safely from one care setting to another
• Work with support people to help the client
• Connect …

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​Environmental Health is a Division of County of Placer Health & Human Services.

Environmental Health specialists regularly monitor and inspect the below for health and safety standards:

• Restaurants, food trucks, grocery stores, convenience stores, caterers and food vendors at community events
• Public swimming pools, spas and body art facilities
• Landfills, transfer stations, and facilities storing waste tires
• Gas stations, vehicle repair shops and other commercial facilities that store and dispose of hazardous materials like oil, gasoline and diesel
• Water well installations
• Septic system installations
• Contaminated site clean ups
• Small public water suppliers

Environmental Health also responds to and investigates incidents and complaints regarding:

• Chemical spills
• Food poisoning
• Garbage
• Public pools or spas
• Restaurants and other food facilities
• Sewage on the ground
• Sub-standard housing
• Tattoo or body art shops

For food poisoning complaints please call Environmental Health dire… [read more]

The Environmental Health Department of the Nevada County Community Development Agency is responsible for programs focused on environmental protection and public health in Nevada County. These programs regulate food preparation in restaurants, installation of wells and septic systems, handling hazardous materials and other topics related to consumer protection. https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/1470/Environmental-Health

For food poisoning complaints please be prepared to provide a three day food history if possible.

From time to time there are giveaways of mosquito fish. Mosquito fish can consume large quantities of insect larvae in your pond or other standing bodies of water. By reducing the mosquito population, you can reduce your risk of contracting mosquito-borne diseases including the West Nile Virus. These fish are not native, they are invasive species. These fish are only meant for closed/stagnant ponds. They should not be placed into ponds that can… [read more]

Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center is a ONE-STOP-SHOP with locations in ROSEVILLE, AUBURN, and LINCOLN providing the following FREE or low cost services to Placer County residents. Available in English and Spanish. All ages!


COUNSELING 

• Attachment Based Family Therapy (relationship issues) 
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (trauma)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (anxiety and depression)
• Mindfulness and Stress Therapy (stress)
• Post-Partum Depression Therapy (for new Mothers and Fathers)
• Differential Response (child abuse and neglect prevention therapy)
• Protective Factors (to help build stronger families)
• Couples Counseling (singles or married)
• Domestic Violence Therapy (post domestic violence; not active DV)
• Victims of Crime Therapy (for victim and family members of victim)
• Grief Therapy (dealing with loss) 
• Child Play Therapy (for very young children)

GROUP THERAPY COUNSELING 

• Managing Your Emotions (anger management and more) 
• Road…

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Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center is a ONE-STOP-SHOP with locations in ROSEVILLE, AUBURN, and LINCOLN providing the following FREE or low cost services to Placer County residents. Available in English and Spanish. All ages!


COUNSELING 

• Attachment Based Family Therapy (relationship issues) 
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (trauma)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (anxiety and depression)
• Mindfulness and Stress Therapy (stress)
• Post-Partum Depression Therapy (for new Mothers and Fathers)
• Differential Response (child abuse and neglect prevention therapy)
• Protective Factors (to help build stronger families)
• Couples Counseling (singles or married)
• Domestic Violence Therapy (post domestic violence; not active DV)
• Victims of Crime Therapy (for victim and family members of victim)
• Grief Therapy (dealing with loss) 
• Child Play Therapy (for very young children)

GROUP THERAPY COUNSELING 

• Managing Your Emotions (anger management and more)&…

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Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center is a ONE-STOP-SHOP with locations in ROSEVILLE, AUBURN, and LINCOLN providing the following FREE or low cost services to Placer County residents. Available in English and Spanish. All ages!


COUNSELING 

• Attachment Based Family Therapy (relationship issues) 
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (trauma)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (anxiety and depression)
• Mindfulness and Stress Therapy (stress)
• Post-Partum Depression Therapy (for new Mothers and Fathers)
• Differential Response (child abuse and neglect prevention therapy)
• Protective Factors (to help build stronger families)
• Couples Counseling (singles or married)
• Domestic Violence Therapy (post domestic violence; not active DV)
• Victims of Crime Therapy (for victim and family members of victim)
• Grief Therapy (dealing with loss) 
• Child Play Therapy (for very young children)

GROUP THERAPY COUNSELING 

• Managing Your Emotions (anger management and more)&…

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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.

Local United Ways across California are accepting applications for the Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) Program. Participating local United Ways (or other contracted organizations) will be distributing a one-time $600 relief payment to eligible farm workers, agricultural workers, and food processing workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• There is no cost to apply for the program.
• Eligible applicants can only apply once.
• Multiple applications will be denied.

Important: Due to very high demand and limited funding, United Ways of California does not guarantee payment, even when an application has been completed and deemed eligible.

Who Qualifies

• Frontline workers who worked in California at any given time during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020, until the pandemic was declared over (May 11, 2023).
• Workers who were at least 13 at the time they worked. 
• Workers who can and will self-certify that they incurred expenses due to the pandemic, such as the purchase of masks, hand s…

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The Nevada City Farmers Market offers locally grown and produced products from farmers, artisans, food vendors, and makers.

Contact: Market Manager, manager@ncfarmersmarket.org, 530-277-9960

2023 Summer Market
Every Saturday 8:30am-1pm
April 15-December 16
Location: Downtown Nevada City on Union Street between Broad Street and Commercial Street

2023 Winter Market
Every Saturday 9am-1pm
Jan 14-April 8
Location: 505 Main Street, Nevada City, SAEL School Auditorium

2023 CalFresh Market Money (also known as Market Match) runs June 3 - Nov 18, 2023
Dates above are for the entire farmers market season.
Spend CalFresh dollars at Western Nevada County Farmers Markets and receive up to a $15 match per market every week. Come to the Farmers Market booth, show EBT card and photo ID (must be a Nevada County resident), then Market Match tokens will be given to match EBT purchases (up to $15). Tokens can be used to buy food at participating farm stands.

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Seasonal farmers markets in Western Nevada County offering local and regional farm-fresh fruit, vegetables, honey, nuts, eggs, live plants, cut flowers, herbal products, olive oil, baked goods and more. Grass Valley Farmers Market website = https://gvfarmersmarket.org/

2023 Details

SATURDAY MARKET
Grass Valley - Pine Creek Shopping Center – by JCPenney, 732 Freeman Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949
April 22 – Nov 18, 8am-12:30pm

TUESDAY MARKET
Grass Valley – Pine Creek Shopping Center, near Jamba Juice, 650 Freeman Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95949
May 2 – September 12, 9am-1pm

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET
Mill Street, downtown Grass Valley
June 8, 15, & 22, 6-9pm

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2023 CalFresh Market Money (also known as Market Match) runs June 3 - Nov 18, 2023
Dates above are for the entire farmers market season.
Spend CalFresh dollars at Western Nevada County Farmers Markets and receive up to a $15 match per market every week. Com… [read more]