At the time of the Yuba City flood in December 1955, it was considered the most severe natural disaster in California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Starting December 18 and lasting for nine unrelenting days, torrential rain accompanied by high-speed wind drenched nearly 100,000 square miles.
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If Northern California has another wet winter, Roseville is ready to save some of that rain for later.
No one wants kids behind bars.
For the young clients under the Sacramento County Probation Department’s supervision, the goal is to get them successfully out of the justice system.
Oscar Marin, born and raised in Yuba County, remembers many natural disasters—especially the floods in 1986 and 1997.
Josef Gray is fighting against many forces as he tries to help young people stay clear of the justice system. Mostly, though, he is fighting a word. Inevitable.
The benefits of supporting older residents are the same as supporting all residents: a community where residents from birth to older ages can thrive, enjoy life, help others, and reach out for help when in need. “We think of older people as needing care and help—and some do—but we all do at points in our life. We want a society where people are able to say, ‘I need help.’
The Sacramento County Probation Department’s DUI Program is a one-stop shop. It not only supervises probationers, it helps them find treatment, housing, mental health resources…
Court is not usually a place for young children, let alone a courthouse full of them. But on Saturday, November 4th, 29 families finalized adoptions of 34 children at the William R. Ridgeway Family Relation Courthouse. Volunteers—including nonprofits and government agencies, judges and court staff—made the day fun, colorful and memorable for children and their new official families with balloons, sweets, toys and books, a police car and firetruck.
While post-traumatic stress disorder affects millions of people, veterans suffer at higher rates than civilians, three times more for those who were deployed. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 11-20% of veterans who served in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have PTSD in a given year. Approximately 12% of Gulf War veterans and an estimated 30% of Vietnam Veterans struggle with PTSD.
Macie Chervunkong makes her living giving people the chance to live out their lives independently at home. Chervunkong is a social worker with Sacramento County,…
While some counties have struggled with new administrative responsibilities for juveniles, the Sacramento County Probation Department quickly embraced the challenge.
Think of it as water in the bank for not-so-rainy days.
To help bolster reserves, the City of Roseville and Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) recently amended their longstanding water agreement to allow Roseville to purchase and “bank” more water during “wet” years.
Ensuring unhoused clients receive the resources and help they need from the probation department is not simple—and officers are often faced with serious challenges.
Joshua’s House, a facility offering hospice care to terminally ill homeless patients, broke ground in Natomas this June. Between the need for funding, city approval and a suitable location, it wasn’t until this year that the dream took this ultimate step toward reality.
Yet even now, the project is not without roadblocks.
A great place to store water may be under your feet. The potential for local groundwater storage is twice as much as Folsom Reservoir’s capacity—with no new dams necessary.
Supporting Positive Change. You’ll find these three words on the walls of the Sacramento County Probation Department’s offices and the homepage of their website. And if you talk to any of the 700 employees working within the department, it won’t be long before you’ll hear them invoke the phrase.
Officer, social worker, positive influence. Probation officers do it all for their clients.
