KARE Staff wants to assist in every way possible to strengthen the family unit by working with the parents to link them to already existing community services.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES & CHILD CARE
Big Brothers/Big Sisters	530-273-2227
California Children's Services (CCS)	530-265-1450
Child Abuse Hotline	800-422-4453
CPS-Child Protective Services	530-265-9380
Head Start General Information	800-655-0432
LaLeche League	530-273-2472
Nevada County Office of Education	530-478-6400
PACE	800-541-9922
Sierra Adoption Services	530-478-0900
Sierra Nevada Children's Services	530-272-8866
Nevada County Consortium for Special Ed	530-265-0611
Park Avenue Alternative School	530-272-2632
4-H Child Care	530-889-7387
Child Advocates of Nevada County	530-265-9550

COUNSELING SERVICES
DVC-Domestic Violence Coalition	530-272-3467
Community Recovery Resources (CORR)	530-273-9541
Hospice of the Foothills	530-272-5739
Family Preservation Team	530-265-1696
24 Hour Crisis Line	530-265-5811
Progress House (formerly Lovett House)	530-265-9045
Nevada County Substance Abuse	530-273-9541
Nevada County Mental Health Dept	530-265-1437
Project Jump-Start	530-273-3071
Sierra Family Services	530-885-0441
Support Groups	530-477-4203
TEAM 3 Counseling Center	530-478-5701
WEAVE	916-920-2952

HOUSING
Housing & Community Services	530-265-1388
Manzanita Family Center	530-477-7611
Housing & Community Services	530-265-1388

JOB ASSISTANCE
EED-Employment Dev. Dept	800-300-5616
Welfare To Work (CalWORKS Clients)	530-265-1760
Golden Sierra Job Services	530-265-3201
Sierra Nevada Job Corps (age 16 - 24)	800-736-5684

GENERAL
Literacy Center/County Library Lit. Services	530-274-8428
National Institute on Drug Abuse	800-662-HELP
Poison Control	800-342-9293
Salvation Army	530-274-35004

HEALTH CARE
AIM (healthcare for uninsured pregnant women)	800-433-2611
HIV Education & Testing Services	530-273-7775
Living Well Medical Clinic	530-272-6800
Miners Clinic	530-265-7890
Nevada County Health Department	530-265-1450
Nevada County Mental Health Department	530-265-1437
Maternity Health Center(Pregnancy to birth)	530-274-6175
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital	530-274-6000