We provide a variety of public assistance programs to needy and disadvantaged families and individuals in Placer County. The Placer County CalWORKs program will assist county residents seeking a job. We offer job-hunting skills, labor market information, and information on job opportunities.

The primary goal of the other programs listed below is to allow needy persons to live their lives with dignity and self-respect by providing resources to meet the basic needs of food, clothing, shelter and medical care, when such persons are not supported by their own means, by their relatives or friends, or by other public or private institutions. Public assistance programs include:

• Food Stamps
• Medi-CAL health insurance
• Medical Care Services Program (MCSP)
• CalWORKS / TANF
• Housing Choice Voucher Program
• General Relief / Assistance 

For general Human Services information or referral numbers, contact:

• Auburn at DeWitt Center
  11519 B Avenue
  Auburn CA
  (530) 889-7610
  Fax - (530) 889-7608
  
• Roseville
  100 Stonehouse Court, Suite A
  (916) 784-6000
  Fax - (916) 784-6100
   
• North Lake Tahoe at Carnelian Bay
  5225 North Lake Blvd.
  (530) 546-1900
  Fax - (530) 546-1912