The following is a list of locations which offer Naloxone / Narcan at no cost in Nevada County:

• Grass Valley
• Aegis Treatment Centers - https://pinnacletreatment.com/
• 211 Connecting Point - www.connectingpoint.org
• BriarPatch Food Coop - https://briarpatch.coop/
• Chapa-De Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Services - https://chapa-de.org/addiction-substance-use/
• Granite Wellness - https://www.granitewellness.org/
• Nevada County Public Health (Know Overdose Nevada County) - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2861/Naloxone
• Nevada County Public Health’s health access vending (HAVEN) machines - https://knowoverdosenc.com/vending-machines/
• Spirit Peer Empowerment Center - https://spiritcenter.org/
• Western Sierra Medical Clinic - https://wsmcmed.org/
• Nevada City
• Western Sierra Medical Clinic - https://wsmcmed.org/
• North San Juan
• Nevada County Public Health’s health access vending (HAVEN) machines - https://knowoverdosenc.com/vending-machines/
• Penn Valley
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OES Emergency information provides critical details to the public during a crisis or disaster. This includes alerts about the nature of the emergency, safety instructions, evacuation routes, shelter locations, and updates on the situation.

​Resources

• River Levels
• Sandbag Information 
• Power Outages
• Cooling and Warming Centers
• Sign up for Code Red
• Zonehaven
• Be Prepared Yuba 

Web pages

• Home - https://www.yuba.org/departments/emergency_services/index.php
• River Levels - https://www.yuba.org/emergency/river_levels.php
• Sandbag Information - https://www.yuba.org/emergency/sandbagging.php
• Power Outages - https://www.yuba.org/departments/emergency_services/PGandE.php
• Cooling and Warming Centers - https://www.yuba.org/departments/emergency_services/cooling_warming_centers.php
• Sign up for Code Red - https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/FBE5B4D6F361
• Zonehaven - https://protect.genasys.com/search?z=14&latlon=37.774929%2C-122.419416
• Be Prepared Yuba - https://www.yuba.org/departments/emergency_ser…

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PG&E outages map is here.

An outage map with info specific to Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events is here.

Web pages

• PG&E Outages Map - https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/
• PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Map - https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outages/map/

Assistance League of Greater Placer offers a variety of community programs, mostly for local schools.


• Angels for Aging - Volunteers from Assistance League provide visits, gifts and cards to residents of assisted living facilities in our communities.
• Kids on the Block - An educational puppet program performed in schools to enlighten children about bullying, school safety and learning differences.
• Dressing for Success - A program providing women and men entering or re-entering the workforce with job appropriate clothing.
• Operation School Bell - An outreach program which gives school children an opportunity to shop for new school clothing and shoes.
• Support For Assault Survivors - Provides needed supplies for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking. This includes clothing items, underwear, stress balls, journals, and other items when there is a need. In addition, this program provides needed items to the Stand Up Placer …

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Pioneer Community Energy is a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) that was formed in 2017. CCAs are not-for-profit public agencies that purchase electricity for residents and businesses in the community, leading to more competitive energy rates. Pioneer is one of 24 operational CCAs in California. CCAs work with investor-owned utilities (IOUs) like PG&E. PG&E maintains the physical infrastructure, delivers the power, and provides the billing service. 

Pioneer serves large areas of Placer and El Dorado counties and the Cities of Grass Valley and Nevada City in Nevada County.

Pioneer customers are also PG&E customers since PG&E’s transmission infrastructure (poles and wires) is used to deliver the electric generation provided by Pioneer. For more, visit the How It Works page - pioneercommunityenergy.org/how-it-works/

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The Placer County Fire Safe Alliance focuses on the wildland urban interface (WUI), fuel load reduction/healthy forest ecosystem, disaster management, and fire safe communities.

Alliance stakeholders include public agencies representing federal, state and local resource management, local Fire Districts, community Fire Safe Councils, and private industry representatives.

All members of the Alliance work to improve public safety, preparedness, security and community vitality in our region.

Web pages:

• Main website - https://www.placer.ca.gov/5721/Fire-Safe-Alliance

Tahoe Truckee Unified School District provides information for planned power outages which are commonly known as Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) and/or Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) events. TTUSD has been notified that TTUSD's energy providers may turn off electricity throughout the school district when extreme fire danger conditions are forecast.

Dangerous conditions include:

• Red flag warnings
• Low humidity
• High winds
• Dry conditions

Timing of a planned power outage?
While these kinds of events can be unpredictable, our energy providers have committed to notifying the public as far in advance as possible. Please note that planned power outages could last as long as 24-48 hours!

What does this mean for your child’s school day?
When we are notified in advance of an upcoming de-energization event, we will communicate this with you right away. You will receive an email and text message from your school’s principal if your child’s school is impacted by the outage or a district-wide …

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Futures Without Violence offers programs, policy development, and public action campaigns designed to prevent and end violence against women and children around the world in areas such as (but not limited to):

• Children, Youth & Teens - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/children-youth-teens/
• Engaging Men - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/engaging-men/
• The Courage Museum - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/the-courage-museum/
• Global Violence Program - https://policy.futureswithoutviolence.org/international/
• Health - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/health-2/
• Learning & Leadership - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/leadership-professional-development/
• Policy & Advocacy - https://policy.futureswithoutviolence.org/
• Human Trafficking - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/human-trafficking/
• Workplace and Economic Justice - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/workplace-safety-equity/

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Progress Ranch specializes in treating boys aged 6-13 who have experienced trauma, and attachment disruption, and who need short-term 24/7 care from specially trained staff. Progress Ranch offers trauma-informed services and support within a home-like setting that gives children the space, structure, and help they need to heal and grow.

Our facility has 12 beds. We are located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Davis, and boys are eligible to attend Davis public schools.

Progress Ranch provides the following:

• Safety, security, and understanding
• Professional child care and treatment
• Tutoring and educational advocacy
• Individual, group, and family counseling
• Psychological and psychiatric services
• Mainstreamed recreational activities
• Mentoring

Web pages

• Home - https://progressranch.com/

PSPS is a Public Safety Power Shutoff event. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) may do a PSPS when danger of wildfires is high. PSPS Care Coordination is a program to help PG&E customers who have health and medical needs that require electricity.

Care Coordination helps to get a plan in place for resources that can be used during a PSPS power outage event. Callers will receive a follow up call from Connecting Point staff so they can create their plan. The care coordination call will typically take 30-45 minutes.

Who qualifies?

Those who have access & functional needs, and/or are electricity dependent during a power outage (examples include medical equipment or medications that rely on power, accessibility equipment that relies on power, etc).

What is Care Coordination?

Care Coordination helps you create a safety plan by providing information about what to do before, during, and after a power outage. The Care Coordinator can help you:

• Build a list of emergency contacts and you…

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