Ride Free with Your Sierra College ID
Take advantage of free bus transportation by simply showing your Sierra College ID when you board any Roseville Transit, Placer County Transit, Auburn Transit, Nevada County Connects and/or Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit (TART) bus.

For more information, visit www.sierracollege.edu/visit-sierra-college/bus-services

Info includes:

• Transit Operators serving Sierra College
• How to ride the bus
• Routes serving Sierra College and/or real-time transit bus trackers
• Contacts for each transit service (phone, email)
• Map of campus bus stop locations (can be downloaded to a PDF document)

Seniors and/or Special Needs
Mobility training (virtual or in-person) is available for Auburn Transit, Placer County Transit, and Roseville Transit for assisting and supporting seniors and people with special needs. More info. at www.roseville.ca.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=7964922&pageId=8967405

CalTrans offers information on highway status and road conditions for all state highways in California online or through their toll free phone number: 1-800-427-7623.

Websites:

• CalTrans QuickMap - http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/
• CalTrans: Check Current Highway Conditions - https://roads.dot.ca.gov/
• CalTrans - www.dot.ca.gov

Homebound Delivery Program (HBSD) - Since 2020, AIFC has a new program to deliver groceries once a month to low-income homebound persons (within their service area). AIFC will provide HBSD participants with enough food each month to make 12 nutritious meals.

The home delivery service is not on-demand, but occurs monthly on a pre-established schedule. Each guest's order is customized monthly, to best serve their needs.

Amount of food
Each month, HBSD participants receive four days' worth of age-appropriate food for each member of their household.

Contact
To learn more about this program, you can contact Auburn Interfaith Food Closet at (530) 885-1921, or via email at aifc@auburnfoodcloset.org.

To register for this program, people must call AIFC at (530) 885-1921 during opening hours.


Websites

• Auburn Interfaith Food Closet - https://auburnfoodcloset.org
• Homebound Seniors Delivery Program (PDF) - https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.107.20/nhi.a00.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020…

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The Nevada County Superintendent of Schools houses a McKinney-Vento Community School liaison. The McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a U.S. federal law providing federal money to homeless shelter programs.

Homeless Youth Services provides school-aged youth experiencing homelessness with additional support and services to ensure that all students have equal access to educational opportunities. 

Services include:

• Dispute resolution
• Community outreach and referrals
• Funding for school activities and educational needs
• Staff development materials
• Attendance services

Families and students experiencing homelessness can reach out to their school's Homeless Liaison to ask about services and programs that their child may qualify for. Services that your school may be able to provide include:

• Assistance with enrollment in school
• Assistance with gathering educational records
  • Available from the last school attended
• Enrollment in Free and Reduced Lunch …

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Hospitality House offers a year-round, temporary, overnight emergency shelter for homeless residents of Western Nevada County who have lived in the county for 45 days or more. ID not required.

Services available to those who are staying at the shelter include:

• Emergency shelter
• Food
• Clothing
• Showers
• Laundry
• Job training
• Customized case management
• Mental health counseling
• Enrichment classes
• Transportation
• Housing assistance

Intakes

• 7 days a week (based on availability)

Animals

• Hospitality House accepts approved pets. Contact Hospitality House or ask a 211 call agent for details of the pet policy.

The Seniors First Information and Assistance Program is a resource for senior-focused programs, services and assistance. The program is designed to assist Placer County seniors age 60 and older get the resources and assistance they need to remain healthy and independent. They also welcome calls from family members, caregivers and other interested parties who are assisting seniors in getting the services they need.

Seniors First can provide information in multiple languages via a language translation service.

If you live outside of Placer County or do not meet their age criteria, they may be able to direct you to the agency or organization that can help you.

Seniors First is equipped to provide information and resources on a variety of topics including:

• Adult Daycare
• Advocacy for Seniors
• Assistance Devices
• Care Options
• Counseling
• Fall Prevention
• Financial Assistance
• Health Insurance-counseling
• In-Home Care
• Legal Issues
• Medicare Counseling (HICAP)
• Out-of-Home Care
• Recreation
• Senior Resourc…

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Offers fee-based in-home care for seniors.

Services include:

• healthy meal planning and prep
• light housekeeping
• laundry
• transportation
• personal care
• wound care
• palliative
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• working closely with hospice and other medical care agencies to assist them in caring for their patient's short or long term needs

Fingerprint background available. Please make sure the people that come into your home are verified and safe.

Pawnie's Home Care provides home care services for seniors and people with disabilities. They put together a plan to fit each client and their specific needs. Most of their care services are listed below but there may be some that aren’t listed that could be implemented depending on the needs of their clients.  Their goal is to provide regular in home services as well as ones that are outside of the box and not normally provided through other in home care providers. https://www.pawnies.com/services/

Service categories include:

• Care Coordination
• Companionship
• Respite Care
• Meal Planning and Preparation
• Transportation, Outings and Appointments
• Personal Care and Bathing
• Exercise and Rehab Regimen
• Pet Care Assistance
• Light Housekeeping
• Medication Reminders
• Dementia Care
• Hospice Care
• "Extra Mile Service" for things not covered elsewhere

Provides assistance to eligible aged, blind and disabled individuals who are unable to remain safely in their own homes without this assistance. Offers an alternative to out of home care, such as skilled nursing or board and care.

Works with the Connecting Point Public Authority to provide a list of contracted IHSS care providers including community care providers, friends, neighbors, and relatives. Services provided could include: household chores, personal care services, transportation and accompaniment to medical appointments, protective supervision, paramedical services as ordered by a physician, help with mobility inside and outside the home, and other services per State guidelines.

In 2009 Sutter Roseville, Sutter Auburn Faith, and Kaiser, collaborated with the Gathering Inn, creating the Interim Care Program. The ICP House, located in Auburn, is a 5-bed unit that provides homeless individuals a safe, clean place to rest and recover following hospital discharge. Guests of the program are provided:

• Intensive case management
• Transportation to and from follow-up appointments
• Medication management
• Linkage to housing specialists
• Three meals per day
• and many other support services

211 can not provide a direct referral however, 211 can provide information so that individuals may ask to speak with their case manager or social worker at the hospital in order to receive a referral to the ICP house.