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

The program supports easier public transit use in the South Placer region by connecting people with rider-friendly tools, trip-planning support, and mobility education.

Services include:

• SouthPlacerTransitInfo.com, a website with schedules, maps, trip planning tools, on-demand ride information, and more
• South Placer Transit Information phone line for help with transit questions, trip planning, route navigation, on-demand reservations, and general transit support
• Transit Training (also called Mobility or Travel Training), a free service that helps people learn how to ride buses safely and independently across South Placer
• Information about Placer Rides, a Seniors First program that helps older adults and people with disabil…

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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 provides statewide support and advocacy for renters’ rights in California. 

It assists tenants with understanding and asserting rights related to housing conditions, evictions, rent increases, and landlord disputes. 

Services are available by phone or online.

Resources offered include:

• A bilingual renters' rights hotline
• Information and guidance for tenants facing eviction or landlord conflict
• Tools, such as the Tenant Defense Toolkit for self-advocacy
  

Web pages

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

Western Sierra’s Urgent Care 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/grass-valley/
• Urgent care - https://wsmcmed.org/services/medical/urgent-care/

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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