Community Resources & Information
Social workers play an important role in helping the poor and working to eradicate poverty. One of the guiding principles of social work is working for social justice, which lists poverty as a primary social problem, according to the National Association of Social Workers. Social workers provide assistance to the poor on both the micro, or individual, and the macro, or large-scale, levels.
Another important role of social workers is providing community education on poverty and related concerns. For example, poor communities are often affected by issues like gang violence, drug, and alcohol abuse, a lack of available childcare or educational limitations. Social workers help educate communities on how to avoid or reduce these problems, help communities find more productive ways of working together and advise communities about how to find creative or practical solutions to problems.
Anger management refers to a process, it can help people identify stressors. People learn steps to help them stay calm in anger management.
By statute, FFAs are organized and operated on a non-profit basis and are engaged in the following activities: recruiting, certifying, and training foster parents, providing professional support to foster parents, and finding homes or other temporary or permanent placements for children who require more intensive care.
A Family Resource Center (FRC) offering a variety of free programs to families with children up to the age of 18 that live within Sacramento County.
The Sacramento Countywide Foster Youth Services (FYS) Program is part of a statewide system of programs focused on improving educational outcomes for students in foster care.
The Black Infant Health Program provides services to American-born African American women for the purpose of eliminating the disproportionate rate of African American infant mortality in the Sacramento County community.
Children and Families Thrive When They are Safe, Healthy, and Connected to Strong Communities.
The Official WIC program is available to low to moderate income pregnant women, recently delivered women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk.
Senior programs have provided assistance to adults with physical, emotional, or mental health limitations, most of whom are senior citizens. Our aging population is important and offer links to the past what are valuable to society.
A clinic is a healthcare facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients, it also provides care in underserved communities for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.
This population includes an ever-increasing aging veterans population composed of WWII & Korean veterans and their survivors, Vietnam, Enduring Freedom & Iraqi, peacetime, and another viable segment of the veterans’ population, are our homeless veterans.
If you’re looking for a career with meaning, action, diversity, satisfaction, and an abundance of options, consider social work.
