Santa Barbara Region |
| Luke 3:11.12 “Whoever has two coats, should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food, should do likewise.” |
| The Santa Barbara Region shares the gifts and resources in the community with those who are less fortunate. |
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Santa Barbara County
• The Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Lompoc and Santa Maria Community Service Centers offer clients: financial support at times when there is not enough money for rent or utilities; food to supplement meager grocery budgets; and case management services. Collectively, these three community centers brightened the lives of 15,551 individuals in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.
• Two new offices will open their doors in Santa Barbara County in the coming year. Guadalupe Community Services, in Guadalupe, and Cuyama Valley Community Services, in New Cuyama, will provide services to geographically isolated and under-served communities.
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A volunteer prepares food to be given to clients at the Santa Barbara Community Center.
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A family at the Oxnard Community Center receives case management services.
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- Ventura County
• Last year, 4,200 low-income persons received a wide range of practical in-kind, financial and case management services at the Moorpark Community Center.
• At the Oxnard Community Center, 42 households were assisted in avoiding eviction from their homes or moving into permanent housing after being in a homeless situation, and 291 persons were helped with transportation to work, job interviews, medical or other necessary appointments in the last year. The center served 8,106 individuals last year.
• The OASIS program provides in-home services to the frail elderly of Ventura County to prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization using case management, in-home support services, monitoring and phone reassurance.
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A client selects supplemental groceries from the food pantry at the Santa Barbara Community Center.
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Children receive before-and -after-school care at the ADESTE (Archdiocesan Elementary School Time Enrichment) site in Ventura County.
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“The rate of growth for the elderly population in Ventura County will nearly double itself by 2010. It is also estimated that at least 10% of seniors 65 years or older will be below poverty level.”
California Department of Finance |
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