Child Support Services works with parents and guardians to establish a partnership to provide their children with financial and medical support. This is achieved by locating each parent, establishing paternity and support obligations, and enforcing child support orders.

24-hour crisis line 800-575-5352

Stand Up Placer's 24-hour crisis line advocates offer support, resources, and referrals to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and their families. If you are unsure if you are a victim, this is a good first step for you to take on your path to safety and healing.

Be sure to follow these precautions:

• Call from a safe location, away from your abuser, so that he/she is not aware that you are planning on leaving or where you are going.
• Be mindful of calling the Crisis Line from your home or your cell phone if your abuser has access to your phone bills or records.
• If your abuser attempts to locate you after you leave, finding that you called Stand Up Placer Crisis Line may alert him/her to which agency is assisting you.

Web pages

• Stand Up Placer - https://www.standupplacer.org/
• Response Teams -- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team (DVERT) - https://www.standupplacer.org/get-help/em…

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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers are trained, then assigned by the court to mentor foster youth and act as the "eyes and ears of the judge and the voice of the child." Through court reports and court appearances, CASA volunteers state the child’s wishes and provide the court with recommendations as to what actions would be in the child’s best interests. We also assign CASAs to youth in Delinquency Court, and most recently, to youth involved in sex trafficking.

Web page

• CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) - https://casaplacer.org/casa/

Child Advocates of Placer County offers programs that support and work with children and youth.

• The Be Bold Youth Program pairs youth with an adult partner who will become someone they can trust, learn with, and grow alongside. Youth will meet weekly for fun-centered and life skill building activities. They will also come together bi-monthly with a larger group of young people who are determined to grow and strengthen themselves while being a strong support system for one another. Some of the topics covered are self-care, sex and relationships, goal setting, budgeting, and figuring out burning questions like what the heck happens after age 18.
• The Level Up Youth Program works alongside youth to develop meaningful and trusting relationships, engage in positive, prosocial activities, and help youth connect to restorative justice/community service opportunities.  Level Up provides mentoring, education and employment support that helps prepare youth for independence.  Level Up p…

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Lighthouse Counseling & Family Resource Center with locations in
Lincoln, Roseville, Rocklin, and Auburn, provides free or low cost counseling services to Placer County residents. Available in English and Spanish. All ages.

COUNSELING

Types of Counseling

• Individual, couples, and family counseling
  • Attachment Based Family Therapy (relationship issues) 
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (trauma)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (anxiety and depression)
  • Mindfulness and Stress Therapy (stress)
  • Perinatal (Post-Partum) Depression Therapy (for new Mothers and Fathers)
  • Differential Response (child abuse and neglect prevention therapy)
  • Protective Factors (to help build stronger families)
  • Couples Counseling (singles or married)
  • Domestic Violence (DV) Therapy (post domestic violence; not active DV)
  • Grief Therapy (dealing with loss) 
  • Child Play Therapy (for very young children)
• Group Therapy Counseling
  • Managing Your Emotions (anger management and more)&nb…

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KidsFirst is the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County, operating two Counseling and Family Resource Centers centrally located & near public transportation in Roseville and Auburn.

Programs and Services include:

• Active Parenting Now (for teens)
• Co-Operative Parenting Class
• Dinosaur School
• Early Childhood Education & Support for New Parents
• Incredible Years (for kids ages 2-12)
• Individual Counseling
• Parent - Child Interactive Therapy
• Parent and Child Coaching
• Parent and Teen Communications
• Postpartum Depression
• Professional Therapeutic Counseling & Wellness
  • Trauma-Focused Behavioral therapy
• Support for Post Baby Blues
• Support for Fathers
  • Forever Fathers
• Trainings throughout Placer County
  • Child Abuse Signs Training
  • Mandated Reporter Training
  • Mandated Reporter “Refresher”
  • Forever Fathers Support Class by Dads/for Dads
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Training
• Information about CSEC - Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

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The International Rescue Committee provides services for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants. Each year, thousands of people, forced to flee violence and persecution, are welcomed by the people of the United States into the safety and freedom of America. These individuals have survived against incredible odds. The IRC works with government bodies, civil society actors, and local volunteers to help them translate their past experiences into assets that are valuable to their new communities.

Areas of immigration legal assistance:
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship

Types of immigration legal services provided:
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS

Non-legal services:
Employment services, ESL, Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services

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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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Cal Voices is dedicated to improving the lives of residents in the diverse communities of California through advocacy, education, research, and culturally relevant services. Some programs are offered in specific counties or regions, others are statewide.

Placer County

• Family Advocates with Placer County Parent Partners offer the following
  • Use creative, culturally sensitive, and strengths-based thinking to support families in achieving their goals.
  • 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 bene…

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The Safely Surrendered Baby Law responds to the increasing number of newborn infant deaths due to abandonment in unsafe locations.

Safe surrender sites are hospitals or other locations, typically fire stations, approved by the board of supervisors or fire agency in each county.  To request Safely Surrendered Baby Kits, please complete the order form, Safely Surrendered Baby Kit Order Form. For more information please email ssb@dss.ca.gov.

The toll-free telephone hotline number provides information and the locations of safe surrender sites DIAL 877.BABY.SAF (877-222-9723)

Web pages

• Home -https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/safely-surrendered-baby​
• Order Form - https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/safely-surrendered-baby