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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You're part of a movement where every minute EveryDay Matters. You are involved in a community that takes action every day.

To reach the goals of recovery and healthy lives, EveryDay matters. EveryDay Matters is not just a mantra; it's a movement. And, you're part of it. Now, you can connect with others, who are also part of this movement, through EveryDayMatters.com -- a website for those who are cause-connected, passionate and vision driven about our opportunities in the behavioral and public health community.

Clinicians, practitioners, consumers and vendors in behavioral and public health organizations, as well as industry vendors, are encouraged to share stories that celebrate successes and debunk myths and stigma about mental and public health issues.

Our hope is you will be inspired and enlightened, ask questions, share opinions, eliminate barriers and celebrate successes.

The Psychology Today Find a Therapist directory lists clinical professionals, psychiatrists, and treatment centers providing mental health services. Now in 20 countries, we help millions of people find care and support.

Its launch in 2003 signaled that Psychology Today is “Here to Help,” not just in the realm of editorial information but also in the sometimes-urgent, always important business of connecting consumers with licensed clinicians. These clinicians offer detailed profiles and video introductions to demonstrate their expertise, and are easily accessible via confidential email and phone exchanges.

Go to https://www.psychologytoday.com/us, click on the Find a Therapist menu. In the search box enter your city or zip code, and in the drop-down menu on the left choose Therapists, Psychiatrists, Treatment Centers, or Support Groups. You can further refine search results with filters on the search results page. Some providers have sliding scales for payment and descriptions usual… [read more]

Locate Loved Ones & Let Loved Ones Know You're Safe
When people are in American Red Cross (ARC) care at shelters, ARC observes strict confidentiality, so will not release names of clients.

• Tips for finding loved ones - https://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/contact-and-locate-loved-ones.html
• Info and link to Red Cross EMERGENCY! app - https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/Learn-More-about-Red-Cross-Safe-and-Well-App-Feature-and-Website.html#:~:text=You%20can%20also%20call%201,connected%20with%20your%20local%20chapter

American Red Cross Gold Country Region
The American Red Cross Gold Country Region has two chapters:

• Northern California Chapter - serving vast area of Northern California
• Sierra-Delta Chapter - serving the counties of Placer, Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, Amador, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Alpine, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne

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This Kaiser Permanente website is a resource for self-help in finding the words to break the stigma and start having the conversation about depression, anxiety, addiction, and other topic points including a child symptom checker. The website also offers screening options and provides information about how to treat and/or who to talk to for support.


Seek help immediately in an emergency. Call 911 or go to the nearest hospital.


The Support Center through Find Your Words offers:

• Self-check and screening tools online from/for any of the following:
  • Find Your Words: Depression screening
  • Mental Health America: Anxiety screening
  • Mental Health America: Addiction assessment
  • Mental Health America: Additional tests
  • Child Mind Institute: Child symptom checker

If after taking any of these screenings, you have any concerns about the results, please consult with a health provider.

• Crisis and Help Lines
  • Resources to talk, text, or chat online with someone who can help. 
• Presence of …

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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):

• Information for Providers - https://www.housingca.org/resources/community/providers/help-someone-get-ca-birthcert/?highlight=birth%20certificate
• Information for Individuals - https://www.housingca.org/resources/community/individuals/get-ca-birthcert/

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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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):

• Information for Providers - https://www.housingca.org/resources/community/providers/help-someone-get-a-ca-photo-id/
• Information for Individuals - https://www.housingca.org/resources/community/individuals/get-my-ca-photo-id/

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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Eco-literacy, field science, & environmental education services for youth-school groups, adventure programming, youth development, wellness & mental health therapeutic mentoring for at-risk teens.

Give an Hour does not provide emergency services.
For emergencies, call 911.
For immediate non-emergency help: Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, Veterans press 1. (Changes to 988 on July 16, 2022)
OR text SIGNS to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.
Both services are free and available 24/7.

Give an Hour is a national nonprofit that provides barrier-free mental health counseling through their network of mental health professionals. Volunteers work one hour per week for one year with people who qualify for our services. Current clients include service members, veterans, their loved ones, and those affected by natural and man-made disasters. In order to participate in the Give an Hour network, providers must register with the non-profit.

Search Providers
Use the website search to find providers in your area: https://giveanhour.org/provider-search/

Harmony House is an adult residential facility with a treatment component program that offers mentally ill individuals a group living environment. Adults live at Harmony House cooperatively, learn the skills necessary to live independently while receiving support as needed from highly trained Mental Health Workers.
 
Harmony House is located in the foothills of Auburn, California in the hub of other Placer County departments. Many services are centrally located for residents and can be reached within walking distance.

Residents are selected from the in-patient population of acute psychiatric facilities, state hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, or from the community. Prospective residents are referred to Harmony House through Placer County Department of Mental Health. However, family members, mental health consumers, and other treatment providers may initiate a referral by contacting Harmony House. After the initial referral, the prospective resident may be asked to vis… [read more]