Placer Business Resource Center is your central source for business readiness. Experienced professionals are equipped to:

• Deliver workshops and classes
• Meet one-on-one with industry experts about your specific challenges
• Recruit talent with customizable events
• Help you navigate and comply with regulations (fees, permits)
• Offer free one-on-one advising for small business owners impacted by COVID-19 
  • Connect with a business advisor

Placer Business Resource Center (BRC) also connects employers to job seekers by:

• Hosting hiring events that allow businesses and interested job seekers to meet face to face
• Advertising job openings

In collaboration with the Small Business Administration (SBA), Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), Placer School for Adults (PSA), and others, Placer Business Resource Center serves businesses of all sizes at every stage of the business life cycle. All services are low or no cost and available for as long as you need them.

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The UC Davis Pulmonary Specialty Clinic in Sacramento has a Post-COVID-19 Clinic for "long-haul" patients. Also know as "long COVID" the terms refer to the condition experienced by people who have survived one or more COVID-19 infections but have lasting, often life-limiting, symptoms.

The clinic provides one place where patients can get answers to their questions and potentially start on a treatment plan. The clinic has partnered with specialists throughout the UC Davis health system to provide timely consultations. The clinic may also collaborate with cardiology, vascular, neurology and infectious disease-immunology specialists.

Information gathered at the clinic may benefit COVID-19 patients throughout the world. There are just a few institutions looking at the lifecycle effects of COVID-19 and setting standards for longer-term care.

Eligibility
Post-COVID-19 Clinic patients must have previously been diagnosed with COVID-19 and provide medical documentation of a positive COVID-19 … [read more]

Project N95 is a nonprofit National Critical Equipment Clearinghouse for personal protective equipment (PPE), COVID-19 diagnostic tests, critical equipment, and reliable information. Project N95 is a trusted and transparent resource, with established partnerships, comprehensive vetting processes, and a mission to get PPE to people who need it as quickly as possible. Project N95 sells masks, test kits, gloves, gowns, and more.

Project N95 monitors FDA & CDC regulatory guidance to build our latest selection of N95s, KN95s, Surgical Masks, Medical-Grade Nitrile Patient Examination Gloves, Sanitizer, and at-home, OTC, & point-of-care COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Kits.

They enable group purchases and manage last mile distribution for organizations seeking to buy smaller quantities, which keeps costs low and helps frontline workers avoid having to meet suppliers’ minimum order quantities. These services are the essence of their nonprofit mission.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.projectn95…

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The purpose of South Placer Transit Information, Education, and Training is to make using transit in the South Placer region easier by providing information for riders about different transit systems.

South Placer Transit Information, Education, and Training is administered by the Western Placer Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (WPCTSA) and the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA) in partnership with Auburn Transit, Roseville Transit, and Placer County Transit.

Services

• SouthPlacerTransitInfo.com website - This website provides a one-stop-shop resource for everything transit in the South Placer region.
• South Placer Transit Information - Phone number for riders to get information about routes and schedules, get help with trip planning, reserve on-demand services, and more. Open 7 days a week from 8am-5pm. 916-745-7560 or 530-745-7560 (same number except for area code).
• Transit Training - aka Mobility Training aka Travel Training is a free program available to hel…

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211 offers COVID-19 information resources organized by level of government: County, State, and Federal. Below is information from the State of California.

State of California - key agency websites

• California Department of Public Health
  • https://www.cdph.ca.gov/
• COVID19.ca.gov
  • https://covid19.ca.gov/
• Department of Industrial Relations (includes Cal/OSHA)
  • https://www.dir.ca.gov/
• MyTurn.ca.gov - COVID-19 vaccine scheduling website
  • https://myturn.ca.gov/

General Guidance

• Business
  • Interactive tool to help COVID-19+ people assess what work leave options are available - https://saferatwork.covid19.ca.gov/covid19-worker-benefits-and-leave-navigator
• COVID-19 Hotline - official statewide hotline for COVID-19 information 833-544-2374
• Data & Tools
  • https://calcat.covid19.ca.gov/cacovidmodels/
  • https://covid19.ca.gov/data-and-tools/
  • https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/
• Masks & PPE
  • ​https://covid19.ca.gov/masks-and-ppe/
  • N95 mask fit test info - https://www.dir.ca.go…

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Tenants Together is a statewide renters’ rights organization devoted to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants. We work to help tenants assert their rights to safe, decent, and affordable housing. Most tenants around the state have no meaningful protection from rising rents, unfair evictions and abusive landlords. Tenants Together can help answer questions about rights as a tenant in California and provide assistance to those facing a difficult situation with a landlord. http://www.tenantstogether.org/

For information regarding evictions, see the Tenant Defense Toolkit here:
https://www.tenantstogether.org/covid-19-tenant-defense?link_id=3&can_id=ec8cca940403a030d35e51d640e5cc1a&source=email-tt-update-fighting-through-the-fall-for-tenants&email_referrer=email_1290731&email_subject=fighting-through-the-fall-know-your-rights-_la-lucha-sigue-conozca-sus-derechos

Please call the bilingual hotline at 888-495-8020 or visit their website at www.tenantstoge… [read more]

Western Sierra’s Urgent Care clinic in Grass Valley offers patients access to health care providers for non-emergency treatment, from minor injuries to illnesses. The Urgent Care clinic is open to anyone in the community and offers no-appointment-needed, same-day health care to patients without a primary health provider, or patients whose primary health provider is not immediately available.
 
Web pages

• Home - https://wsmcmed.org/
• Urgent care - https://wsmcmed.org/services/medical/urgent-care/

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This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

211 offers COVID-19 information resources organized by level of government: County, State, and Federal. Below is information from the US Federal government.

Check Your County's COVID-19 Community Level

• https://archive.cdc.gov/#/details?url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html

General Guidance

• COVID-19 - ENGLISH: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fyour-health%2Fgatherings.html - SPANISH: https://espanol.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
• Medicare & Coronavirus - https://www.medicare.gov/medicare-coronavirus#:~:text=The%20Public%20Health%20Emergency%20for,cover%20vaccines%20without%20cost%20sharing.
• Coronavirus Tax Relief - https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus-tax-relief-and-economic-impact-payments. Telephone Assistance: IRS live phone assistance is extremely limited. For Economic Impact Payment questions call 800-919-9835.
• COVID-19 Economic Relief - https://h…

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