Financial Information

Current Programs

Plumas Rural Services offers various help, including a Child Care Payment Program that can pay child care costs for parents or guardians who are working, seeking work, in an approved training program, homeless, incapacitated, or referred to by CPS/Social Services. See the linked application for more information.  

The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) gives children in California a jump start on saving for college or career training.

Resources

In general, your most informative resource is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They have tips on how to deal with everything from information about credit cards to learning about common scams to how to protect yourself from eviction. 

The CA Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has resources and information too.

The Federal Trade Commission has information about identity theft and scam alerts.

College Aid Information

Other Information

California’s Unclaimed Property Law requires banks, insurance companies, corporations, and certain other entities to report and submit their customers’ property to the State Controller’s Office when there has been no activity for a period of time (generally three years). Common types of unclaimed property are bank accounts, stocks, bonds, uncashed checks, insurance benefits, wages, and safe deposit box contents. The property does not include Real Estate. The CA Controller safeguards this lost or forgotten property as long as it takes to reunite it with the rightful owners; there is no deadline for claiming it once it is transferred over to the State Controller’s Office. It is easy to find out if the Controller is protecting property in your name.