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Petaluma People Services Center outlines 95 programs available to Cotati residents, urges volunteer support
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Petaluma People Services Center told the Cotati City Council on March 11 that most of its roughly 95 countywide programs are available to Cotati residents, and urged volunteer recruitment and local outreach partnerships.
Elise Semple, executive director of the Petaluma People Services Center (PPSC), told the Cotati City Council on March 11 that PPSC provides roughly 95 programs countywide and that most services are available to Cotati residents.
Semple highlighted services for older adults (community connectors, caregiver support and an adult day program), mental-health outreach (Healthy Ideas, PEARLS and the "You're Not Alone" call program), transportation volunteer programs (I Drive Petaluma and I Ride Rohnert Park), youth employment and diversion programs (Rise, Project Success, Mentor Me), and food-access efforts headquartered at Bounty Farm. "You're not alone today touches over 3,000 seniors in Sonoma County with a call from 3,000 volunteers in our community," Semple said, describing one of the agency’s volunteer-driven outreach efforts.
Nut graf: The presentation was a compact briefing to familiarize Cotati leaders with countywide…
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