Lifetime Adoption Foundation offers adoption assistance for pregnant women, children up to 14 years, and families seeking to adopt. All adoption opportunities for birth mothers and adoptive families are funded through tax deductible donations from individuals, estates, and corporations.

Auburn Father and Family Center (formerly Golden Sierra Life Skills) is a non-profit agency that provides Opportunities through education to reunite families.

Programs consist of:

• Men, Infants, and Children- (MIC) Program
• A Life Skills and Parenting Class for Father/Father Figures (in English and Spanish)
• Co-Parenting Placer County Superior Court Approved Provider for fast track classes
• One-on-one private instruction for high conflict cases

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Conflict Resolution
• How to Stay Child Focused
• Negotiating Agreements
• Anger Management classes in a small group setting or one-on-one private instruction for high conflict cases

Auburn Father and Family Center also provides consulting services, program design and customization and program facilitation training. For further information about programs, and additional services call 530-305-4004.

Chapa-De Indian Health offers complete Pediatric care including:

• Primary medical care
• Nutrition and health education
• Dental care
• Mental health counseling
• Psychiatry
• Pharmacy services
• Assistance in coordinating care with specialists

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.

Children's System of Care is one of six Divisions of County of Placer Health & Human Services.

Placer CSOC meets the behavioral needs of at-risk children and their families, through a comprehensive and integrated team of Mental Health, Child Welfare, Probation, Education, Substance Abuse, Public Health nursing professionals and family youth advocates.

Eligibility for Placer Children’s Behavioral Health services includes full scope Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Those who do not meet eligibility criteria are assessed on an individual basis.

Services include:

• Assessment and referral for mental health services
• Evaluation and response of suspected child abuse reports
• Foster youth educational assistance (Placer County Office of Education)
• Adoptions and Resource Family Approval placements
• Child welfare services
• Juvenile probation citation hearings
• Family supportive services
• Substance use screening and referrals

Family and Children’s Services may be reached by dialing 916-872-6549 or Toll Free… [read more]

BeWellLine provides free non-clinical social, emotional, and crisis support via phone or chat to Californians age 12 and older. Services are also available in Spanish.

In addition to support for adults, BeWellLine counselors are well trained to help middle school, high school, and college students with situations such as family conflicts, homelessness, isolation, problems with friends, bullying, school pressures, suicidal ideation, navigating the online world, academic and financial pressures, or mental health issues. 

Counseling available via chat on website at https://www.bewellline.com/ or by phone at 866-649-0911.  

The BeWellLine emotional support line is part of the CalHOPE Connect initiative which is a partnership of the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) and Alter Health Group.

Web pages:

• California Mental Health Services Authority home page - https://www.calmhsa.org/
• CalHOPE home page - https://www.calhope.org/Pages/default.as…

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Chapa-De Indian Health offers dental care and screening for children and adults.

Services include:

• Diagnostic Exams
• Oral Hygiene Instruction
• Dental Prophylaxis (cleaning)
• Digital X-Rays
• Restorative Care (fillings)
• Dental Appliances (crowns, bridges, dentures)
• Limited Root Canals
• Limited Oral Surgery
• Fluoride Treatments
• Orthodontia (in Auburn only)

In the event you require additional services, Chapa-De Indian Health center will refer you to an outside dental specialist.

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources.

The Placer County Office of Education (PCOE) in collaboration with Child Advocates of Placer County, provides the Independent Living Program (ILP) for Placer County. ILP provides training, services, and benefits to assist current and former foster youth in achieving self-sufficiency prior to, and after leaving, the foster care system.

The Placer County Independent Living Program (ILP) delivers high quality services in the community where foster youth are living and learning. Our mission is to promote self-sufficiency among transition-aged youth related to:

• Personal development and resiliency
• Employment readiness
• Job placement assistance
• Financial independence
• Education
• Housing
• Health care

Staff approach all youth work with a lens of trauma-informed care, continually striving to provide environments that are safe, positive, predictable, consistent, and equitable.

The Crisis Resolution Center provides solution-focused, trauma-informed, and person focus family intervention; which resolves family crises and establishes reunification of children ages 12-17 with their families. The Crisis Resolution Center, located in Loomis California, is a six-bed (co-ed) facility with counseling services, fully licensed and professionally staffed to provide short-term out-client family services and short-term residential care.

Our team (composed of well-trained house parents, child care workers, and a CRC Case Manager) offers the highest quality of:

• Relationship counseling
• Conflict resolution
• Parent-child training
• Referral services

Short-term residential placement for teenagers ages 12-17 (average stay is approximately one to two weeks).Youth at the Crisis Resolution Center experience a stable, well-supervised schedule that follows a three-phase process:

1. Orientation and Crisis De-escalation
2. Counseling and Outreach
3. Reunification and After Care

24-Hour-a-Day Sup… [read more]

Chapa-De Indian Health offers excellent primary medical care for every member of your family (from newborns to seniors) at two centers (locations; Auburn, Grass Valley).

Some services include:

• Well Child Checks with Immunizations
• Complete Physical Examinations with Immunizations
• Family Planning, Including Placement of Intrauterine Devices & Vasectomy
• Testing and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Well Woman Exams
• Pregnancy Testing and Prenatal Care
• Management of Chronic Illnesses
• Counseling on Nutrition, Exercise, and Lifestyle
• Screening Exams for Vision, Hearing, Tuberculosis, and Cancers
• Confidential HIV Testing
• Blood Tests
• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
• Minor Surgery
• Treatment of Sprains or Simple Fractures

Specialty Services:
In the event that you require services not available at our healthcare centers, Chapa-De Indian Health will help coordinate care with a specialist. Chapa-De can refer you to any specialist in the region if they accept your health insurance plan and if the… [read more]

Western Sierra Medical Clinic provides comprehensive primary medical care services for all members of the family, from infants to the elderly.

Services include: 

• Addiction management and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
• Children’s medical services (pediatrics)
• Covid-19 vaccines
• Diabetes care
• Maternity health unit
• Pharmacy services
• Teen clinic

Web pages

• Pediatrics - https://wsmcmed.org/services/medical/pediatrics/
• Women's Health - https://wsmcmed.org/services/medical/womens-health/

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This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.