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ADOLESCENT OUTREACH - GWC

GRANITE WELLNESS CENTERS #9033235


location_on A
  • 180 Sierra College Drive
    Grass Valley, Nevada

Focuses on substance abuse prevention and education to help adolescents make healthy and responsible choices.

Provides weekly support groups, juvenile anger management classes, and individual counseling sessions.



AL-ANON

AL-ANON #65630845


location_on B
  • 5429 Palm Avenue
    Sacramento, Sacramento
local_phone
  • Sacramento
    916-334-6366

Al-Anon is for families and friends of alcoholics, or anyone who is troubled by someone else's drinking. Al-Anon offers meetings worldwide, in person, electronically, and over the phone.

Website:
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY #65630852


location_on C
  • 1545 River Park Drive
    Sacramento, Sacramento

Your local American Cancer Society office is your source for the most relevant information to help guide you.

Services include:
  • Cancer information
  • Referral to resources including support groups and medical equipment
  • Transportation to and from treatment (for people with Cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive)
  • Lodging (when Cancer treatment is far from home)
  • Advocacy
  • Wig bank
  • American Cancer Society events

American Cancer Society's National Cancer Information Specialists are available to help you with any patient services, resource requests, or cancer information questions 24/7 at 1-800-227-2345.
AUBURN FATHER AND FAMILY CENTER

AUBURN FATHER AND FAMILY CENTER #65630955


location_on D
  • 1509 Grass Valley Highway
    Auburn, Placer
local_phone
  • Phone 1
    530-305-4004

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.
COALITION FOR PLACER YOUTH (CPY)

COALITION FOR PLACER YOUTH (CPY) #65631245


location_on D
  • 11716 Enterprise Drive
    Auburn, Placer
local_phone
  • Phone 1
    530-889-7238

CPY is a group of parents, educators, community leaders and volunteers that come together for one reason: to help prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth in Placer County.

Our goal is to give parents and concerned community members the information, resources and education necessary to help heighten awareness to the problem, offer solutions, and give parents the power to get involved and take action to prevent and reduce teen substance abuse in Placer County.

Please visit the CPY website CoalitionforPlacerYouth.org to see what you can do to protect your teen from the dangers of alcohol and drugs.
FREE QUIT SMOKING/QUIT VAPING SERVICES - KIC

KICK IT CALIFORNIA #50058908


location_on E
  • 9500 Gilman Dr
    La Jolla, San Diego
local_phone
  • Phone 1
    858-300-1010

As of 9/1/21, Kick It California is the new name for the California Smokers' Helpline. Kick It California is a free telephone-based, stop smoking/stop vaping program that doubles your chance of quitting for good. New website is https://kickitca.org/

For ENGLISH call 1-800-300-8086
For SPANISH call 1-800-600-8191

Partner program: Asian Smokers' Quitline (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese) - https://www.asiansmokersquitline.org/

Major funding provided by the California Department of Public Health and First 5 California. 

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The Helpline offers telephone counseling to develop an individualized quitting plan for cessation of tobacco use. Services are available in multiple languages and special services are available for tobacco chewers, pregnant smokers, teens and e-cigarette users. Counselors are available Monday to Friday from 7am to 9pm and Saturday from 9am to 5pm.

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS DIVISION - NCPHD

NEVADA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT #4661960


location_on A
  • 500 Crown Point Circle
    Grass Valley, Nevada

Provides Health and Wellness programs focusing on community health and prevention including:
  • Alcohol and drug use prevention education
  • CalFresh healthy living
  • Emergency Preparedness & Planning
  • Oral health program
  • Suicide prevention education
  • Tobacco use prevention
  • WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program
Prescription drug take back info = https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/683/Prescription-Drug-Take-Back
HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL

HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL #65631290


location_on F
  • 3950 Industrial Boulevard
    West Sacramento, Yolo
local_phone
  • Phone 1
    916-556-3344

The Health Education Council partners and collaborates with a wide range of individuals and organizations to provide access, education, advocacy and training to empower individuals towards a healthy life. Their programs are run largely by volunteers and geared to promote healthy eating and active living, as well as to promote safer communities by addressing violence as a public health issue.
INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM (FOSTER YOUTH) - PCOE

PLACER COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION #69408077


location_on G
  • 11716 Enterprise Drive
    Auburn, Placer

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.
KIDS INVOLUNTARILY INHALING SECONDHAND SMOKE (KIISS)

KIDS INVOLUNTARILY INHALING SECONDHAND SMOKE (KIISS) #65630981


location_on H
  • 8125 Cook Riolo Road
    Roseville, Placer
local_phone
  • Phone 1
    916-768-2497

Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke (KIISS) was founded in April of 2000 with a mission, 'Dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of second hand smoke and its multiple health risks.