2000-2001 Annual Report

Santa Barbara Region

Complete list of Programs/Services Catholic Charities’ new offices in Cuyama and Guadalupe provide access to food, clothing, formula, diapers, rent and utility, and outreach services. The ADESTE program offers quality, low cost before and after school care for children of working parents. These services, for children ages 5 to 13 years, are meant to enhance their social, physical, mental and emotional development. Santa Barbara Region – Santa Barbara County: • Catholic Charities’ offices in Guadalupe and Santa Maria were two of the first agencies to respond in the aftermath of torrential rains that hit the Santa Maria Valley last winter by dispensing emergency food, clothing and shelter assistance. The City of Guadalupe issued a commendation to Catholic Charities for their work. • The City of Lompoc, Electric Division collaborated with the Catholic Charities’ Lompoc Service Center to administer its low-income utility assistance program to 962 households. Santa Barbara Region – Ventura County: • Ventura County Community Centers and food pantries annually provide food, clothing and guidance to 24,000 poor and working poor in Ventura County. Caseworkers assist families to avoid eviction and find affordable housing. • 500 frail and elderly citizens receive services from Older Adult Services and Intervention System (OASIS). The program helps seniors remain in their homes, and priority is given to persons who are isolated, physically and/or mentally limited, living in poverty and those without family. • Ventura County Region Handicapables Program recently celebrated its 27th anniversary with 120 people with disabilities from all parts of Ventura County attending a special Mass and luncheon to mark the occasion at San Buenaventura Mission. Complete list of Programs/Services A recipient of low-income energy assistance from the City of Lompoc, Electric Division as administered by Catholic Charities Lompoc Service Center: “Nobody else provides this service. You are a lifesaver. This rebate is so helpful.”

This well stocked pantry in Ventura provides a client and her family with nutritious and much needed food. OASIS provides support and loving assistance to the Region’s growing senior citizen population.

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