Eight week series: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, July 28th thru November 10th Placer County’s Systems of Care (SOC) Cultural Broker Dialogue Series will bring together SOC staff and community partners to expand cultural awareness, facilitate rich cross-cultural dialogue, and build skills to effectively engage Cultural Brokers to improve outcomes for diverse communities. This 8-week dialogue …

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BIPOC Mental Health Month asks all of us to enhance public awareness of mental illness faced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. For historically marginalized communities, traditional systems of care may overlook cultural and historical factors that impede BIPOC mental health. That is why this year Mental Health America (MHA) is highlighting #StrengthInCommunities. For …

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September 15th & 16th at Max’s in Auburn Motivational Interviewing: An Introduction offers a practical, evidence-based approach for supporting clients in making and sustaining positive behavior changes. Originally developed in the drug and alcohol field, over 300 clinical trials demonstrate the efficacy of MI across a range of populations and target behaviors. In particular, MI …

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Law and Ethics Study Prep through Ben Caldwell Labs Placer County Systems of Care is offering a Law and Ethics Study Preparation course  for those interested in entering the field, preparing for the law and ethics exam, and/or those preparing to retake the California MFT Law and Ethics Exam. This exam prep course is designed …

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July 13th & 20th, 2021 Nurtured Heart – Notching Up This two, half-day course is designed for social workers and those in similar fields interested in using the Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA®). Participants will learn how to implement a higher level of NHA in a social work setting and will discover how to apply NHA …

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The Placer County Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022 Annual Update has been posted for a 30-day public review and comment period from May 28, 2021 to June 27, 2021.  In an effort to continually improve the mental health services provided by MHSA through community input, we welcome comments for a 30-day …

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“I AM …” two of the most powerful words, for what you put after them shapes your reality. For May is Mental Health Matters Month, we created a Placer County Community Positive Affirmation Word Cloud. We asked the community to enter one or two words to fill in their own personal Positive Affirmation statement “I …

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Date: March 24, 2021 Time: 12:30 pm  to  2:00 pm Location: Zoom   Placer County’s Systems of Care is offering a Cultural Broker Dialogue Series Systems of Care Staff and community partners to expand cultural awareness, facilitate rich cross-cultural dialogue and build skills to effectively engage Cultural Brokers to improve outcomes for diverse communities. This series will consist of …

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Date: March 11, 2021 Time: 9:00 am  to  12:00 pm Location: ZOOM   Placer County’s Workforce Education and Training has partnered with Health and Human Services to bring back our Implicit Bias training with Dr. Bryant Marks. This will be a two-part training: Implicit Bias 101 – Awareness Training on March 10th and Implicit Bias 201 – Mitigation Training on March …

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Date: March 10, 2021 Time: 9:00 am  to  12:00 pm Location: ZOOM Placer County’s Workforce Education and Training has partnered with Health and Human Services to bring back our Implicit Bias training with Dr. Bryant Marks. This will be a two-part training: Implicit Bias 101 – Awareness Training on March 10th and Implicit Bias 201 – Mitigation Training on March 11th. Both trainings …

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