This information is for the 2021 California Wildfire season.

The American Bar Association has a hotline and links to other resources for California Wildfires.

• Hotline: 415-575-3120
• Resource links: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/disaster/resources/disaster_legal_hotlines/
  • FEMA California Wildfires - https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4610
  • FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers - https://egateway.fema.gov/ESF6/DRCLocator
  • 8/26/21 - Press Release: Free Legal Assistance Available For California Fire Survivors - https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/disaster/ca-4610-press-release.pdf
  • National Disaster Legal Aid Resource Center - https://www.disasterlegalaid.org/
  • DisasterAssistance.gov - https://www.disasterassistance.gov/
  • Attorneys can help on the ABA/Paladin National Disaster Pro Bono Portal - https://aba.joinpaladin.com/aba-disaster-relief/

Community Beyond Violence provides many services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, and dating violence.

24-HOUR CRISIS LINE - 530-272-3467
Text - 530-290-6555 
Chat - rc.chat/cbv
Business line - 530-272-2046

Services include

• 24/7 crisis counseling
• Shelter and safe housing (pet friendly) for up to 90 days
• Support groups
• Food, clothing, and transportation
• Accompaniment and advocacy
• Legal services - CBV assists with preparation of Domestic Violence Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) and accompanies clients to court and mediation appointments. Accompanies victims through the court process and connects them with support systems such as the Nevada County Victim Witness.
• Referrals to additional services
• SART (exam following sexual assault, rape kit, etc) - ​SART stands for Sexual Assault Response Team

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Home - https://cbv.org/
• Services - https://www.cbv.org/our-services

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Website offers a list of estate planning professionals, including attorneys, certified public accounts, financial planners, and underwriters. https://goldcountryepc.org/

AB-2179 extension temporarily protects tenants who submitted applications for rental assistance from eviction. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2179:

• Applications for Housing is Key closed on 3/31/22.
• Tenants who applied for Housing is Key on or before 3/31/22 can't be evicted for non-payment while their application is pending.
• Tenants who have been denied assistance can be evicted.
• Tenants can also be evicted for other reasons like causing a nuisance, etc.
• The extension only applies to rent due before 4/1/22. Tenants are expected to pay 100% of rent due from 4/1/22 going forward.
• The extension ends on June 30, 2022.

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COVID-19, California Eviction Moratoriums (Bans) and Tenant Protections -
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The Superior Court of California County of Placer Family Court handles cases where parties seek court intervention to solve their family issues.

Judges hear and decide cases involving divorce (marriage dissolution), paternity, domestic violence/abuse, child custody, support and visitation.

The court also provides mediation services to help parents resolve child support, child custody and visitation problems.

If you need assistance selecting or filling out the appropriate forms, contact the Court’s Legal Help Center at 916-408-6446.

If you need assistance with child custody and visitation or mediation services, contact the Court’s Family Court Services unit.

Web pages

• Home - https://placer.courts.ca.gov/divisions/family

The Family Law Facilitator is an attorney available to help all parents/parties, who are not represented by attorneys, and who have questions concerning family law matters, such as issues about child support, spousal support, health insurance, paternity and the visitation process, and community resources to help families.

The Facilitator can help you in preparing your own forms and can give you general information.

The Facilitator cannot go with you to court.

The Facilitator is not your lawyer but is a neutral person who does not represent any parent/party.

No attorney-client relationship is created between the Facilitator and a person using the Facilitator's services.

The Facilitator is available to see both parents/parties who have questions concerning family law matters.

There is no confidentiality created between the Facilitator and the person using these services.

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The Legal Services of Northern California Health Program assists clients with legal problems related to getting and keeping health-care services. 

Web pages

• Legal Services of Northern California Health Program - https://lsnc.net/office/lsnc-health-program

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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.

ICE Out of California's website aims to identify the current trends in collaboration between local law enforcement and ICE, so community members and advocates can strategically push ICE out of California. 

In 2014, community organizers and advocates successfully passed the California TRUST Act. This law provided the foundation to begin disentangling ICE from local law enforcement. Now, communities are mobilizing to build upon the TRUST Act’s protections to ensure that families and communities remain unified. 

Their website is designed to help communities throughout California expand the TRUST Act‘s protections and push ICE out of California.  As we continue to separate local law enforcement from ICE, we can further strengthen our communities and restore trust between the community and local law enforcement. 

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The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is a collaborative effort of leading immigrants' rights organizations designed to increase access to justice for immigrants and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them. IAN promotes more effective and efficient communication, collaboration, and services among immigration advocates and organizations by providing free, easily accessible and comprehensive online resources and tools.

A Few Categories on the IAN Website Include:

National Immigration Legal Services Directory
Search for immigration legal services providers by state, county, or detention facility. Only nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services are included in this directory.

Library
Browse substantive materials and training manuals to help guide your legal advocacy.

Calendar
Discover local immigration trainings and events, as well as webinars and teleconferences.

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Immi helps immigrants in the U.S. understand their legal options. Their online screening tool, legal information, and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations are always free to use. Immi was created by the Immigration Advocates Network and Pro Bono Net, two nonprofit organizations dedicated to increasing access to justice for low-income immigrants.

Learning Center
Know your rights. Stay up-to-date on changes to immigration law. The immi learning center is your resource for learning about U.S. immigration and how to stay in the U.S. legally. Visit Immi's Learning Center at https://www.immi.org/en/Info/learning-center.

Search for Legal Help
Immi works with legal aid organizations across the U.S. to connect immigrants to legal help.

1. Visit https://www.immi.org/en/Info/get-legal-help (English) or https://www.immi.org/es/Info/get-legal-help (Espanol / Spanish)
2. Enter your address or zip code to see a list of organizations in your area.

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