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Silver Valley CARES Resource Directory
Please contact resource entities directly for information, eligibility, availability, or assistance. Silver Valley Cares provides this guide as a list of community resources but is not directly connected to these organizations.
Last week, the Mental Health Coalition launched Safe Online Standards (S.O.S.), the first-ever standards and ratings system designed to evaluate how online platforms protect the mental health and wellbeing of young people. Families, advertisers, policymakers, and the public now have a clear, expert-driven, and user-informed framework to understand how social media, gaming, and digital platforms are designed for users ages 13–19, including how they address exposure to suicide and self-harm content.
Learn more about S.O.S. and how to get involved: safeonlinestandards.org
First Responder Clinician Support Team of North Idaho (FRCST) is a team of vetted Therapists who are culturally and clinically competent to work with First Responders and Military Personnel.
Helping Individuals, Couples, Families, Adolescents, and Children of First Responders with:
Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, & Grief
Marital Conflict
Sleep Issues
Addictions
Anger Management
Child/Adolescent Issues
ADHD
EMDR
Debriefs For All Departments
Trainings
…And More
This online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course is 100% free, created by a fully certified MBSR instructor, and is based on the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. We have more than 8,000 graduates from 120 countries who have completed all the course requirements (see Certificate of Completion and Map of Graduates).
The Senior Companions Program is a volunteer program that provides companionship and respite care to the elderly and disabled. Sponsored by Panhandle Health District, it serves the five northern counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, and Shoshone. It allows low income senior volunteers an opportunity to assist those who need minor help to continue living independently. Senior Companions visit clients in their homes, but it is not an in-home care program. We are always seeking volunteers to assist with companionship for this fun and rewarding program!
Canine Companions is leading the service dog industry so our clients and their dogs can live with greater independence. We provide service dogs to adults, children and veterans with disabilities and facility dogs to professionals working in healthcare, criminal justice and educational settings. Since our founding in 1975, our dogs and all follow-up services are provided at no cost to our clients.
Independence shouldn’t be limited to those who look or live a certain way. Disability reaches all races, classes and backgrounds, and Canine Companions will too. Clients come to Canine Companions because of our reputation, the quality of our dogs, the experience of our training staff and the desire to lead life with greater independence. We are committed to providing services to all qualified clients.
The Kellogg Elks, in partnership with Silver Valley CARES, has opened a community food pantry in a cabinet outside the Elks lodge building to help residents struggling with food insecurity. The pantry operates on a simple principle: “Leave what you can, take what you need.”
CAP food banks offer weekly assistance with perishable items. Depending on availability, households may receive bread, deli items, salads, dairy products, pastries, and fresh produce to help stretch food resources on a regular basis.
CAP food banks also provide food boxes that include approximately enough food items for three meals a day for one week for a given household size. Food boxes are available quarterly, and possibly more often depending on circumstances.
