The Achieve Tahoe Program provides year-round adaptive sports and recreation programs for children and adults with physical, sensory, or intellectual disabilities.

Services include:

• Adaptive ski and snowboard instruction with PSIA-certified instructors (Dec–April, weather permitting)
• Adaptive summer sports including water skiing, paddle sports, and sailing in the Tahoe and Sacramento areas
• Military adaptive sports camps for veterans and service members with disabilities

Web pages

• Home - https://www.achievetahoe.org/
• FQA - www.achievetahoe.org/about/faq/

The American Legion provides local connections to the national American Legion organization, a veteran-led community service group that offers support, fellowship, and advocacy for military veterans and their families. 

Posts in Placer County offer opportunities for involvement, events, and veteran-related assistance.

Services include:

• Support and fellowship for veterans
• Help in connecting veterans to benefits assistance and local services
• Community and patriotic events

Web pages

• Home - https://www.legion.org/
• Roseville Post: http://www.rosevilleamericanlegion.com
• Grass Valley Post:  https://www.gvlegionpost130.org/

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a nonprofit association of veterans who suffered some degree of disability while serving in time of war or armed conflict. They offer a variety of resources including:

• VA Benefits Help
• VA Medical Transportation
• Employment & Entrepreneurship
• Transition Services
• Caregivers
• Burn Pits
• Women Veterans
• Survivors
• Medical Cannibis
• LGBTQ+ Veterans
• Tramatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
• Vietnam War Veterans
• Gulf War Veterans
• Post-military Health & Mental Health Benefits
• Memorial & Death Benefits
• Blind Veterans
• Disaster Relief
• Service Animals
• Homeless Veteran Assistance
• POW/MIA
• Discounts
• Identifying Scams
• Estate Planning
• Moral Injury

Web pages

• Home - https://www.davcal.org/

Give an Hour provides free mental health services to active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve forces, and veterans who have separated or retired from any branch of military service. Give an Hour also serves family members and loved ones of those who have served in the military.

Search Providers

Placer County residents can use the website search to find providers in their area.

Web pages

• Home - http://giveanhour.org/
• Search Providers - https://giveanhour.org/provider-search/

The Forgotten Soldier Program provides comprehensive transitional holistic healing therapies WITHOUT charge to Veterans and their family members.

Their goal is to help overcome Moral Injuries, TBI, PTSD, and MST (military sexual trauma).

The whole team at FSP is dedicated to and passionate about working with Veterans of every era and their Family Members.

They assist in the healing process of emotional and spiritual trauma and physical symptoms with Holistic Therapy, Educational Programs, and Resources and Transitional Tools.

Programs and services page:

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Forgotten Soldier Program - https://forgottensoldierprogram.com/
• Programs and services - https://forgottensoldierprogram.com/veteran-services/

Welcome Home Vets provides individual therapy for veterans and their families and support group meetings. WHV contracts with local psychologists who are knowledgeable in both psychotherapy and military culture.

WHV also provides advocacy for veterans and their families by working to increase community awareness of the problem of military-related psychological trauma and its effects on the veteran, the family, and the community.

The Center for Post Traumatic Growth (CPTG) promotes and supports the healing of combat veterans, law enforcement, first responders, and their families, from moral injury and trauma.

CPTG provides individual, couples, and group therapy to all eligible clients. Programs include:

• Post traumatic stress and moral injury group therapy for veterans and first responders

• Military sexual trauma group therapy

• Couples-Family group program

Web pages

• Home - https://centerptg.org/

Nation's Finest's provides transitional housing and homeless shelters for veterans. Their mission is to support America’s military veterans and their families with a comprehensive approach to housing, health, and employment that helps them achieve self-sufficiency and reach their full potential. They also provide case management, behavioral health services, referral services, and more.

Web pages

• Home - https://nationsfinest.org/
• Sacramento/Placerville/Nevada County - https://nationsfinest.org/locations/sacramento/

Troops to College provides help veterans, especially combat veterans, transition to civilian life and the college environment. Veterans and their families may enroll in a course about combat stress, post-traumatic stress disorders, and other issues affecting veterans returning to civilian life. The course is taught by a VA counselor who is also a combat veteran. The curriculum is specifically designed to increase the student veteran's academic, work, and social success. The class provides participants instruction in interpersonal skills, methods of adapting to civilian life and work careers, and techniques for managing military operational stress.

The program was created to attract more veterans to California public universities and colleges by making campuses more veteran friendly. The initiative was designed to showcase the full range of curricula and services available to veterans at California State Universities.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.calvet.ca.gov/
• Troops to Colleg…

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​​USA.gov provides information about the United States government and its programs. Call USA.gov at 844-872-4681 (844-USA-GOV1) to ask any question about the US government for free. They'll get you the answer or tell you where to find it. They are open from 5am to 5pm Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Or visit usa.gov

• About the United States - Have a question about the USA? Learn where to find answers to the most requested facts about the United States of America.
• Benefits, Grants, Loans - Learn about government programs that provide financial help for individuals and organizations. Includes info on getting help with paying bills.
• Consumer Issues - Learn how to be a safe consumer, what to do when a purchase or service goes wrong, and more.
• COVID-19 - Learn about the types of assistance the federal government offers people and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Disability Services - Find information for people with disabilities.
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