Sacramento Resources
Wind Youth Services: Only emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth as well as a drop-in for youth and transition age youth: http://windyouth.org/
Gender Health Center is a trans and POC-led, grassroots nonprofit organization located in Sacramento, CA. Gender Health Center centers Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) in our services, discussions, goals and visions: http://www.thegenderhealthcenter.org/
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking: http://www.weaveinc.org/get-help
La Familia Counseling Center, Inc. (La Familia) provides multicultural counseling, outreach and support services to low income, at-risk youth and families in Sacramento County: http://lafcc.org/
The Sacramento Native American Health Center Inc. (SNAHC) is a health center that is committed to enhancing quality of life by providing a culturally competent, holistic, and patient-centered continuum of care: http://www.snahc.org/
Her Health First is committed to advancing health equity for all women throughout Sacramento County. We are achieving this by providing support programs that serve women of color during key stages of life: adolescence, pregnancy, and motherhood: http://herhealthfirst.org/about-us/
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center works to create a region where LGBTQ+ people thrive. We support the health and wellness of the most marginalized, advocate for equality and justice, and work to build a culturally rich LGBTQ+ community: http://saccenter.org/
Golden Rules Services mission is to resolve health, education, employment and criminal justice disparities within People of Color communities through the provision of culturally competent programs and resources: https://www.goldenruleservicesacramento.org/
Sex Education
Sex Positive Families provides parents and caring adults with the education, resources, and support to raise sexually healthy children using a shame-free, comprehensive, and pleasure-positive approach: https://sexpositivefamilies.com/
AMAZE harnesses the power of digital media to provide young adolescents around the globe with medically accurate, age-appropriate, affirming, and honest sex education they can access directly online—regardless of where they live or what school they attend: https://amaze.org/
TeenSource.org features accurate and reliable information about STDs, birth control, healthy relationships, and teen rights to accessing sensitive services in California: http://www.teensource.org/
Advocates for Youth works alongside thousands of young people here in the U.S. and around the globe as they fight for sexual health, rights, and justice: https://advocatesforyouth.org/
Power to Decide provides trusted, high-quality, accurate information—backed by research—on sexual health and contraceptive methods so young people can make informed decisions: https://powertodecide.org/
Bedsider is an online birth control support network for women: https://www.bedsider.org/
Sex, Etc. is on a mission to improve teen sexual health across the country! We’ve helped teens with answers to their question about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STDs, birth control, sexual orientation and more: https://sexetc.org/
Talk with your Kids helps parents to their children about their bodies, health and relationships: http://www.talkwithyourkids.org/
Loveisrespect is the ultimate resource to empower youth to prevent and end dating abuse. It is a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.loveisrespect.org/
Emergency Hotlines
Child Abuse: 24-hour hot line: (916) 875-KIDS
Senior or Dependent Adult Abuse: (916) 874-9377
Suicide Prevention Crisis Line: (916) 368-3111
Mental Health Crisis Intervention: (888) 881-4881
Domestic Violence: (916) 920-2952
Poison Control: (800) 876-4766
Safely Surrendered Baby Law; State-wide toll-free number providing Safely Surrendered Baby site locations: (877) BABYSAF (877-222-9723)
Animal Abuse: (916) 368-7387