Pathways to Permanency and Family Advocacy & Support programs include:

• adoption and foster care services
• destination family services
• post adoption services
• a variety of family support services

Pathways to Permanency - https://www.ssyaf.org/pathways-permanency-1

Family Advocacy & Support - https://www.ssyaf.org/family-advocacy-and-support-0

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.

Recruit and approve local families to become foster parents, provide support and case management for foster youth in care, provide a Transitional Housing Program for foster youth upon their 18th birthday.

Offers support services to youth currently in the foster care system. Secures and maintains accurate school records, provides youth access to supplemental education opportunities, facilitates transitional services, and provides one-on-one academic tutoring individualized to each student's needs.

The Nevada County Foster Kinship Care Education Program, in partnership with Stanford Sierra Youth & Families, Sierra College, and Nevada County Health and Human Services, offers quality education and support opportunities for kinship caregivers. Meetings help you learn how to meet your child’s unique educational, emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs. Come learn about available resources and have an opportunity to share trials and triumphs with a group of your peers.

2020-2021 Monthly Mondays – 9am-12pm
 
December 14 - What Are “Normal” Childhood Behaviors?
January 11 - Integrating the Family
February 8 - Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)
March 8 - A Chat with Child Welfare
April 12 - Identifying Your Circle of Support
May 13 - Attachment
June 14 - Developing Healthy Boundaries with Bio Parents
July 12 - TBD
August 9 - TBD

Any questions, please call Alexandra Maloney, MSW 530-205-6994 or amaloney@youthsolutions.org.

Offers a transitional housing placement and support opportunity for foster youth ages 18 to 25 who are approaching emancipation or have been emancipated from the child welfare system. Provides financial assistance and Individual Learning Plan (ILP) services while also helping them achieve self-sufficiency so that they can learn life skills upon leaving the foster care system. Participants may live alone or with roommates in apartments or in single-family dwellings, with regular support provided by THP+ staff and ILP Coordinators.

ADOPTION - Children are best served in loving permanent family environments.

Children's System of Care provides placement approval for matched families through the Resource Family Approval process, and support for parents wishing to voluntarily relinquish their children for adoption.

Potential Adoptive Families
If you interested in becoming an adoptive family please visit the Adoption & Permanency Services page of Stanford Sierra Youth & Families. https://www.ssyaf.org/post/adoption-permanency-services

FOSTER PARENT - https://www.placer.ca.gov/2060/Foster-and-Adoptive-Parents
Becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent

Placer County has a continuing need for foster and adoptive families. Placer County provides foster care licensing and adoptive home studies to families who are interested in opening their homes. Placer County works in partnership with several community based organizations such as Koinonia Family Services, Stanford Youth Solutions/Sierra Forever Families,… [read more]

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]

Placer County Office of Education has a few guitars available to loan out to students in foster care. If you would like to borrow a guitar for the school year or for the summer, please call Craig Gibbs at (530)745-1302. There are a limited amount of guitars, and PCOE lends them out on a first-come, first-served basis.

KEYS is a collaborative partnership between Placer County Office of Education, Department of Rehabilitation and PRIDE Industries.

Placer County foster youth, ages 16-19 years old, are matched with individual Job Developers who provide pre-employment support and assistance with obtaining and retaining employment local in a field of interest.

Eligible youth must have a significant barrier to gaining employment, including a mental health diagnosis, physical disability or special education designation. Proof of eligibility will be requested.