Placer County Crisis & Personal Support Articles

How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.

The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.

A conversation with two committed professionals who help CASA Sacramento match trained volunteers with children in the foster care system.

For more than four decades, YoloCares has helped families navigate life’s final stages.

Lawmakers in California and other states are now making attempts to prevent the reported harms to children caused by social media platforms. The U.S. Senate got into the act as well, at a dramatic Jan. 31 hearing.

San Francisco provides all tenants facing eviction access to an attorney. Across the Bay, in Contra Costa County, it’s a different story. Two tenants’ stories show the difference a lawyer can make.

TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee requests resident participation in a confidential survey. The survey will measure quality of life, community engagement, and behavioral health needs. Your participation will help local organizations develop programs to better address …

End Poverty in California, a nonprofit founded by former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, has been on a listening tour of the Golden State since early 2022.

More than 70,000 households who needed and applied for state aid to pay their rent during the COVID-19 pandemic by the March 2022 deadline still have their applications listed as "pending." Now they could be evicted from their homes.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature mental health policies allow the involuntary treatment of more Californians with severe mental illnesses. Some fear the new laws will infringe on the civil liberties of people confined against their will.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The South Lake Tahoe Police Department announces they have been awarded a $98,136 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to reduce alcohol-related harm in their community. The...

California collects a special tax on high incomes to fund mental health services. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change how the money is spent so a share of it can be used to fund housing for homeless people with mental …

More workers are filing claims with the state alleging employers are retaliating against them for engaging in legally protected activities, such as seeking overtime pay or reporting wage theft or discrimination.

Under a system that has long prioritized local control for school districts. state officials now are fighting some recent board decisions regarding LGBTQ students.

Sierra Community House encompasses a wide variety of social services on the north shore and in the Truckee area, bringing together Project Mana, which is focused on hunger relief; Tahoe Safe Alliance, which is focused on domestic and sexual violence …

The California Fire Foundation is assisting Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 1463 and the community to assess needs and directly distribute the aid to those hardest hit and in need of support.

By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.