The In-Home Supportive Services program (IHSS) allows limited-income elderly, blind, or disabled people to hire someone to help them with housework, meal preparation, and personal care. With this help, the IHSS recipient may remain safely in their home and will not need to move into a care facility or an institution. The IHSS program is funded by federal, state, and county resources. The IHSS recipient chooses their care provider, supervises the provider's work, defines how tasks will be completed, and can fire the provider if necessary.

The IHSS program pays providers to provide personal care, such as:

• feeding and bathing
• household tasks such as laundry, shopping, meal preparation, and light housecleaning
• transportation
• protective supervision
• certain paramedical services ordered by a physician

IHSS does not pay for the following services:

• general gardening or yard clean-up that does not present a hazard
• feeding, cleaning up after, or exercising a pet
• moving/lifting heavy furniture, box…

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This program's goal is to implement policy, systems and environmental change projects along with nutrition and physical activity education interventions for eligible populations by:

• Increasing consumption and access to healthy dietary choices where people live, learn, work, or play
• Reducing consumption and/or appeal of unhealthy dietary choices
• Increase access to and/or appeal of physical activity opportunities
• Educating the Placer County SNAP-Ed population on healthy choices

Services Provided

• Nutrition and Physical Activity Education: A variety of nutrition and physical activity lessons and workshops are available to eligible schools, community groups, and organizations. A few examples include nutrition lessons, CATCH physical activity, cooking, Harvest of the Month (HOTM), and HOTM Kits for teachers.
• Policy Systems and Environmental Change Projects (PSE): PSE projects focus on improving the health of Placer County residents where they live, learn, work, or play. A few examples of PSE…

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Placer County Transit provides public bus transportation services in Placer County.

Cost
You can ride the Placer County Transit bus for $1.25 each way

Hours
Monday through Friday
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday
Closed

Routes and Schedules
See all Routes and Schedules online at https://placercountytransit.com/maps-schedules/
Holiday Schedule - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1388/County-Holidays
Service Area Map (PDF) is available at https://www.placer.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1953/Service-Area-Map-PDF

Placer County Transit's fixed route bus service in Western Placer County includes:

• Alta / Colfax
• Auburn / Light Rail
• Highway 49
• Lincoln Circulator
• Taylor Road Shuttle
• Lincoln / Rocklin / Sierra College

Lost and Found
If you lose an item, call Placer County Transit at 530-885-BUSS.

Websites:

• Placer County Transit (PCT) -https://placercountytransit.com/
• PCT Routes and Schedules - https://placercountytransit.com/maps-schedules/
• PCT Holiday Schedule - https://www.placer.ca.gov…

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The Place County Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program is a statewide health program whose goal is to assure that all children and youth of families with limited income in California stay healthy by providing complete health exams, preventive services and immunizations to eligible children.

CHDP provides care coordination to assist families with medical appointment scheduling, transportation and access to prompt diagnostic and treatment services to prevent or greatly reduce the severity of suspected problems.

The CHDP program also provides a "gateway" to ongoing health care for children by linking families to health insurance and a medical home.

To participate in CHDP you must be a Placer County resident, and you must meet one of the two following requirements:

• Age 0 to 19 with low to moderate family income and no health insurance coverage for health exams
• Age 0 to 21 with limited or share-of-cost Medi-Cal

Please contact the CHDP program at 530-886-3620 to check … [read more]

MediCab provides non-emergency medical transportation in Placer County and parts of Northern Sacramento County. Call for fares and scheduling.

MediCab provides:

• Wheelchair Transport
• Ambulatory With Assistive Devices Such as a Walker, Cane and Oxygen
• Ambulatory Services Without Assistive Devices

Types of appointments covered:

• Dialysis
• Physical Therapy
• Doctor Appointments
• Dental Appointments
• Labs/Imaging
• Outpatient Procedures
• School/Therapy for Special Needs Children (Arranged Through the School Districts)
• Social Trips: Family Events, Lunch, Special Occasion Outings (Not Covered by Insurance)

Coverage area includes:

• Auburn
• Granite Bay
• Lincoln
• Loomis
• Newcastle
• Penryn
• Rocklin
• Roseville

Payment options:

• Medi-Cal
• Private Pay

The Salt Mine is a public charity, offering emergency services to the city of Lincoln and surrounding communities. Their main charitable activity is the food closet, presently offering emergency food to over one thousand needy families in the area each month.

In addition, they help with emergency clothing, household items, and transportation. Other emergency needs are met on an ’as available basis’ or by referral such as bathing and laundry facilities to name a few.

The food closet is funded by the generous donations of friends of The Salt Mine and through the proceeds from the sales at their two thrift stores in Lincoln (The Salt Seller, 454 F Street and The Salt Mine Thrift Shop, 103 Flocchini Circle).

All items sold in these thrift shops are donated by local supporters.

The Salt Mine is sponsored by Vine Life Ministries, Inc., and has been in operation for over twenty-five years.

The Salt Mine is fully qualified with the IRS and the State of California for maximum tax deductions (501 (c… [read more]

CalWORKs & Employment Services are a part of Human Services, one of six Divisions of the County of Placer Health & Human Services.

If you are an adult with dependent children, you may be eligible for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids, or CalWORKs. CalWORKs provides:

• Child care, work expense assistance, transportation, and counseling
• Education, employment, and training programs through Employment Services
• Families with children financial assistance to meet their basic needs
• Support for families moving toward self-sufficiency

If you are eligible for CalWORKs you will automatically qualify for Medi-Cal and may also qualify for CalFresh. Unless you are exempt, you will be referred to the Employment Services program for assistance in gaining employment. Placer County Employment Services (formerly Welfare to Work) can assist you in finding work through the Business Advantage Network. You can receive daily job leads and information on job fairs and r… [read more]

Kaiser Permanente (KP) covers non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) inside the Kaiser Permanente service area, when you cannot get to your medical appointment by car, bus, train, or taxi, due to your medical or physical condition. Non-medical transportation (NMT) may also be covered, depending on your plan.

The Kaiser Permanente (KP) Greater Sacramento service area includes Sacramento County and Placer County which are served by the Roseville, Sacramento, and South Sacramento medical centers.

Per the California Department of Healthcare Services

• Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) is transportation by ambulance, wheelchair van, or litter van for those who cannot use public or private transportation.
• Non-medical transportation (NMT) is transportation by private or public vehicle for people who do not have another way to get to their appointment.

Kaiser Permanente Transportation Services
For comprehensive information, KP members should call the Member Service Contact Center num… [read more]

The City of Roseville offers a Free Mobility Training is available to help seniors or people with special needs learn how to safely and independently use Roseville Transit and other public transportation services throughout the South Placer area.

Virtual training now available!

Roseville Transit, Placer County Transit & Auburn Transit

Experience
Gain the independence you desire and travel on the bus where you want, when you want.

A professional mobility trainer will teach you how to:

• Plan trips using the easiest and fastest routes
• Read and understand maps, schedules, and bus readerboards
• Openly communicate with drivers
• Safely get on and off the bus
• Transfer between buses
• Pay fare and purchase passes
• Identify landmarks and bus stops

Amount of time
Trainers will travel with you until you are comfortable and confident making trips on your own. Training programs may take 10 to 30 hours, depending on your schedule, or the individual or group's needs.

Low travel cost
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Adult Protective Services is part of the Adult System of Care, one of six divisions of County of Placer Health & Human Services. Home Safe is a program available for qualifying APS clients.

If your life is in danger or you need to report an emergency situation, call 911.

APS
The Adult Protective Services program is intended to provide intervention activities directed toward safeguarding the well-being of elders and dependent adults suffering from or at risk of abuse or neglect, including self-neglect. A special 24-hour, 7-day a week, response program is available by calling Adult Protective Services at 916-787-8860 or toll free at 888-886-5401.

APS Eligibility:
Elder (60 years and older) and dependent adults (18-59 years old) who experience abuse, neglect, self-neglect or financial exploitation and otherwise meet the eligibility criteria for Adult Protective Services (APS).

Note: As defined in W&IC section 15610.23: “(a) ‘Dependent adult’ means any person residing in this state, bet… [read more]