Cal Voices is dedicated to improving the lives of residents in the diverse communities of California through advocacy, education, research, and culturally relevant services.

Placer County
Programs/services:

• Placer County Parent Partners
  • Family Advocates use creative, culturally sensitive, and strengths-based thinking to support families in achieving their goals.
  • Locations: Roseville, Rocklin, Auburn, Tahoe
     
    Family Advocates:
  • Provide support to families receiving services from Placer County’s Children’s System of Care, including:
    • Behavioral Health
    • Drug Court
    • Child Welfare
    • Juvenile Probation Services
  • Create connections between teachers, juvenile probation officers, mental health workers, and social workers.
  • Support families where applicable
    • Court proceedings
    • Treatment team meetings
    • School meetings
  • Assist families in being equal partners with professionals assisting them.
  • Provide an opportunity for parents to benefit from t…

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This suite of six online, interactive, and research-proven training simulations are designed to educate community college faculty, staff, and students about best practices in supporting

1. students who struggle with psychological distress including depression and suicidal ideation
2. LGBTQ students who are struggling due to harassment or exclusion
3. student veterans who are facing challenges in adjusting to college life

Each training takes 30-60 minutes to complete and is structured as a virtual practice environment where users learn by engaging in interactive role-play conversations with emotionally responsive student avatars.

The suite is available at no-cost to all California community college faculty, staff, and students.

Gender Health Center Programs include Counseling Services, Advocacy, Outreach, Respite, Name & Gender Change Help, and a Hormone Clinic.

SERVICES
Advocacy Services 
Advocates meet with clients on a bi-weekly or weekly basis to set goals using a strengths-based, client-centered approach. The program works to connect clients with resources and to assist clients in navigating all GHC services when appropriate, such as counseling, name and gender change assistance, health insurance options, economic empowerment program, hormone clinics and legal health clinics.

Name and Gender Change Paperwork Assistance 
Advocates assist clients in filling out name and gender change court paperwork and identity documents, such as driver license, birth certificate, passport and social security changes; become familiar with the court process for changing name and gender; provide information to clients around the process for legal name and gender change.

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LGBTQ+

• Trainings
• Professional Development
• No-cost Resources
• Gender Support Plan

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens through providing an array of services to help youth, families, organizations and institutions understand and address concepts of Gender identity and Gender expression, including how societal, cultural, organizational and community definitions of gender can be detrimental to any young person that does not fit neatly into these categories.

Gender Spectrum offers resources to empower your relationships, work, and interactions with youth and children. Gender Spectrum provides you with the tools necessary to create gender inclusive environments in your homes, offices, and communities.

Gender Spectrum provides:

• How-to guides
• Online Consultations
• Online Groups
• Research
• Sample training materials

Websites:

• Gender Spectrum - https://www.genderspectrum.org/

The Gender Unicorn is a simple one page PDF that educates individuals (youth through adult) on:
-Gender Identity
-Gender Expression
-Sex Assigned At Birth
-Physical Attraction
-Emotional Attraction

It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, French, Turkish and Hungarian. https://transstudent.org/gender/

TSER also produces free infographics: https://transstudent.org/graphics/

GLBT Near Me provides a large collection of gay, lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender resources on the web. Find the closest social and support resources, the closest community centers, the closest youth groups and much more. Just type in your zip code, the distance you want to travel, and choose from 26 categories. https://www.glbtnearme.org/index.html

Genders & Sexualities Alliances, or GSAs for short, are student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ and allied youth to build community and organize around issues impacting them in their schools and communities. GSAs have evolved beyond their traditional role to serve as safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth in middle schools and high schools, and have emerged as vehicles for deep social change related to racial, gender, and educational justice.

There are 3 different types of GSAs—all of which can directly impact LGBTQ+ youth: Social, Support, and Activist. Every GSA can create its own mission and goals to meet the needs of its members and the unique climate of their school.

• Social GSAs — Students meet and connect with other trans and queer students on campus

• Support GSAs — Students work to create safe spaces and talk about the various issues they face in school or their broader communities, such as discrimination from teachers or school administrators

• Activist GSAs — Student…

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Human Rights Campaign resources - https://www.hrc.org/resources

The Human Rights Campaign:

• Large civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ+ equality
• Professional development program providing training and resources to elementary school educators to welcome diverse families (Welcoming Schools - https://www.hrc.org/resources/schools)
• Education
• Resources
• Support

The Clinic!, wants everyone to feel comfortable talking with us about their sexual orientation.  Many people report knowing with certainty their orientation from a very young age.  Others may struggle with their sexual orientation and reach a conclusion much later in life.  In any case, whoever you are is perfectly normal. It is very helpful for your health care provider to know your medical history, sexual orientation, and your concerns about your sexual health. The goal at The Clinic! is to provide the very best reproductive and sexual health care for you. Our services are always strictly confidential.

SAFE SPACE KITS, LGBTQ+ RESOURCES, LGBT-INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM, GUIDES FOR EDUCATORS, SURVEY TOOLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MUCH MORE.

GLSEN (pronounced glis-en):

• wants every student, in every school, to be valued and treated with respect, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. They believe that all students deserve a safe and affirming school environment where they can learn and grow. Accomplish goals by working in hallways across the country from Congress and the Department of Education to schools and district offices in your community to improve school climate and champion LGBT issues in K-12 education.
• Safe space kits
• Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth (Elementary included)