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.

Web pages

• Home - http://healthedcouncil.org/

In case of a medical emergency call 911 immediately. Granite Wellness Centers is a source of naloxone. Naloxone is a medication used to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It can reverse and block the effects of opioids such as such as heroin, fentanyl, morphine, codeine, and oxycodone. Administered when a patient is showing signs of opioid overdose, naloxone’s overdose reversal is a temporary treatment and its effects do not last long. So call 911 immediately after administering/receiving naloxone (NARCAN is a brand of naloxone). Naloxone is easy to learn to administer and is an important drug safety resource.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.granitewellness.org/
• Overdose prevention - NARCAN naloxone - https://www.granitewellness.org/resources/overdose-prevention/
• Contact -https://www.granitewellness.org/contact-us/
• Locations - https://www.granitewellness.org/hours-locations/

Yuba Harm Reduction Collective offers low-barrier, person-centered, judgement-free resources, education, advocacy, and mutual support services in ways that reduce stigma, ensure dignity, maximize self-determination, decrease health risks, create open dialogues, and empower people who use drugs.

YHRC can provide NARCAN Naloxone and fentanyl test strips.


Web pages

• Yuba Harm Reduction Collective - https://yubaharmreduction.com/
• National Harm Reduction Coalition - https://harmreduction.org/

The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a federally funded program that was established in 1975 as an essential part of NCI’s cancer education and information efforts. For over 35 years, NCI’s CIS has been providing scientifically based, unbiased information to patients, their families and friends, physicians and other health professionals, and the general public about all aspects of cancer including: cancer research and clinical trials, cancer prevention, risk factors, symptoms, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, living with cancer, quitting smoking, etc.

Talk with an information specialist from the NCI’s Cancer Information Service. NCI information specialists are available to help answer your cancer-related questions whether you are a patient, family member or friend, health care provider, or researcher.

Their information specialists are trained to answer cancer related questions by telephone (1 (800) 4-CANCER), LiveHelp instant messaging, and e-mail. I…

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New Dawn Treatment Centers has been helping thousands of individuals successfully recover from drug and alcohol addiction for over 25 years.

We offer sub-acute, medically monitored detox, gender separate 30-90 day residential treatment, and intensive outpatient services.

Our Whole Person approach to treatment combines evidence-based ACT, DBT, and CBT groups with exposure to experiential therapies such as Paddleboard Yoga, Equine-Assisted Therapy, Expressive Arts, Acupuncture, Dance/Movement, QiGong, and Mindfulness.

All of our programs are internationally accredited, and led by experienced and compassionate licensed Clinical Psychologists that are highly skilled in treating addiction and co-occurring disorders like depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Medical monitoring is also provided by our team of physicians, psychiatrists and registered nurses to ensure that our clients are receiving the best care 24/7.

Web pages:

• Home - https://www.newdawntreatmentcenters.com/

The 1 Pill Can Kill website provides information about the potentially deadly opioid fentanyl and the treatment for overdoses called naloxone (brand name NARCAN).

It has information about fentanyl test strips and where to get both fentanyl test strips and naloxone / NARCAN.

Web pages

• Home - https://1pillcankillplacer.com
  
  
  

Pacific Educational Services (PES) provides educational workshops in such topics as alcohol and drug use, life skills, anger management, and theft.

Programs are court referred but the general public can take classes on a case-by-case basis if approved by the courts.

PES also offers substance abuse counseling where wellness, decision-making, planning, and relationships are addressed.

PES parenting classes, anger management programs, and domestic violence batterers intervention are tailored to the needs of participants and may last up to 52 weeks, per individual need.

PES class locations are in Auburn and Roseville.

Web pages:

• Home - https://www.pesprograms.com/

Common Goals, Inc. offers a deferred entry of judgment program for adults that is 12 weeks in duration and focuses on substance abuse prevention, education, and intervention.

Web pages

• Home - www.commongoalsinc.org

The mission of the Placer County Tobacco Prevention Program is to reduce the impact of tobacco on Placer County residents.

Program goals include the following:
- Reduce exposure to second-hand smoke
- Counter pro-tobacco influences
- Reduce availability of tobacco products to minors
- Support the enforcement of tobacco laws and policies

Educate Placer County residents regarding tobacco issues, Build assets to mitigate the impact of tobacco on our community.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/3081/Placer-Tobacco-Prevention-Coalition

Raising Placer is a network of community coalitions in Placer County currently funded by the Drug Free Communities Support Program from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The coalitions work with their communities to prevent and reduce youth substance use. Through collaboration, the goal of the Raising Placer network of coalitions is to strengthen and sustain prevention efforts throughout the county.

• Coalition for Auburn and Lincoln Youth (CALY), 530-273-7956, [email protected]
• Placer County wide prevention,  Christina Ivazes, 530-886-3641, 

Web pages

• Home - https://www.raisingplacer.org/