211 Placer Newsletter

Monthly News and Resources

Toy family with house and bag labeled rent

Tenant Based Rental Assistance is now available in Placer County! TBRA provides rental subsidies to very low-income individuals and families in Placer County (excluding the City of Roseville) impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

TBRA runs until Dec. 31, 2020 and is limited to available funds.

Participants must meet program criteria, including income thresholds. Interested renters should review eligibility criteria and then contact 211 for screening.

Dial 211 or 1-833-DIAL211 to begin the screening process.

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Input on Public Transit Needs in Placer County Requested

Placer County Transportation Planning Agency is conducting surveys and seeking community feedback into its annual Unmet Transit Needs report.

Residents can submit their ideas on improvements, or how local public transportation can best serve the region by completing an online survey at www.pctpa.net/utn

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Free Virtual In-Home Support Visits

for Families with Kids 5 & Under

Lighthouse Family Resource Center is conducting Family Support visits over GoToMeeting for early childhood developmental screening, resources to help with early childhood literacy at home, info on immunizations and more!

This service is free for parents and guardians of children 5 and under. Visits available in English and Spanish.

Contact Karla at (916) 645-3300 to schedule a virtual visit.

Parenting Program for Fathers & Father-Figures

Golden Sierra Life Skills presents a free program for Lincoln Residents called Men, Infants, and Children (MIC). This is a life skills parenting program for fathers, father-figures and teen dads.

Classes are being conducted through Zoom.

For more information, call Golden Sierra Life Skills at

530-887-9245 or 916-580-7538.

Census 2020 Deadline Approaches!

Stand up and be counted by September 30th. Census data determine California’s access to millions of dollars in federal funding.

Census efforts are in the home stretch as enumerators attempt to collect last-minute responses.

The Census is for everyone. Please encourage clients, coworkers, friends & family to complete the Census.

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Social Media on the Partner Portal

The 211 Placer & Tahoe Truckee Partner Portal is your resource for information and materials about 211.

In addition to logos, videos and downloads, we've recently added a Social Media Toolkit that you can use to build your own posts about 211. It contains images and text in English and Spanish for both Facebook & Twitter. Don't forget to follow us!

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