While some counties have struggled with new administrative responsibilities for juveniles, the Sacramento County Probation Department quickly embraced the challenge.
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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.
No city can manage its water needs alone. To be ready for anything from drought to deluge, it takes partners to keep taps flowing.
Julie Wherry would like to work herself out of a job. As assistant chief probation officer for Sacramento County, she wants more people to understand…
Just drive through any major California city, such as Sacramento, where homelessness has increased by 67% in the last three years. What happens when a homeless person becomes terminally ill?
It’s boom times (again) for Roseville. New neighborhoods are growing rapidly in the City’s western end. Those new homes will add thousands of residents to…
Individuals desiring to help someone receive care in their own home can become a care provider through California’s In-Home Supportive Services program and make a real difference.
The issue of the terminally ill homeless dovetailed with the focus of von Friederichs-Fitzwater’s academic efforts at Sacramento State University and UC Davis. At UC Davis, she was an associate professor in the School of Medicine, focusing on disparities in health care based on age, ethnicity and income.
While it may not be the first industry you think of when you picture Butte County, manufacturing plays a significant role in the area’s economy,…
Everyone has a time in their life when they need a little help. While some can rely on family or friends to lend a hand, others cannot. Some may have more intensive needs. In such cases, Sacramento County’s In Home Supportive Services may be able to help.
Hospice, as defined by the National Institutes of Health, is a type of care in which all efforts to prolong a patient’s life ends and the focus turns to making them as comfortable as possible. Hospice is generally reserved for patients with six or fewer months to live.
Job Link ensures employee readiness in many ways. Job seekers work closely with career counselors, who assess their preexisting skills, needs and interests. They steer them to classes at Petaluma Adult School, arrange bus passes or child care, help them update their resumes, and direct them to job fairs. In other words, they work to remove the many barriers under-served communities typically have toward employment. And this readiness counseling pays off.
