Family Engagement
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Support & Resources

Community Resources

Medical

• Santa Barbara County Health Care Center
  • No one will be denied clinical services due to an inability to pay. Santa Barbara Health Care Center is proud to provide the best health care possible. Our Health Care Center offers Board Certified Primary Care & Multi-Specialty Physicians who are dedicated to your health care and medical excellence. Our team of nurses and staff are compassionate and caring, working for a healthier you!
  • Call 805-681-5488
• Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
  • Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics provides high quality, comprehensive, affordable healthcare to all people, regardless of their ability to pay, in an environment that fosters respect, compassion and dignity.
  • Call 844-594-0343

Food

• Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
  • Groceries and mobile food pantry for low-income families
  • Call 805-967-5741

Basic Needs

• Catholic Charities
  • 100% of our funding is raised locally within the county and goes directly to support our mission of preventing hunger and homelessness by advancing self-sufficiency.
• Channel Islands YMCA Youth & Family Services
  • Home internet is an essential tool for today’s education. Through Connect2Compete, Cox opens a world of opportunity for families with K-12 students by providing affordable, reliable home internet with wifi.
• Connect2Compete (COX)
  • Home internet is an essential tool for today’s education. Through Connect2Compete, Cox opens a world of opportunity for families with K-12 students by providing affordable, reliable home internet with wifi.
• LEAP Family Resource Center
  • LEAP’s Family Resource Center (FRC) mitigates the effects of poverty, racism, and trauma by strengthening families. Our FRC proactively responds to community members’ needs through classes, education, resource and referral.
• Noah's Anchorage Youth Shelter
  • A licensed eight-bed youth homelessness prevention center for youth age 12-17. Services are free and provide temporary shelter, drop-in services, counseling, and basic needs. Services are available 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.
  • Call 805-963-8775
  • Crisis Hotline: 1-866-HELP-TEEN
     
• United Way of Santa Barbara County
  • Resiliency Grants
    • United Way’s Resiliency Grants program will operate as an ongoing grant program to support individuals identified and referred by the organization’s robust network of community service agencies. The program will play an important role in maximizing the impact of each of these agencies by uniting case management and referrals with targeted financial relief for basic needs.
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)
    • The VITA program is a free tax preparation service for local Santa Barbara County residents who make $67,000 or less a year. During the tax season of January through October, returns are prepared and electronically filed by IRS-certified volunteers for qualified individuals or families. Volunteer tax preparers can assist with general tax information, tax preparation, and filing, along with ITIN applications and renewals.
• Unity Shoppe
  • Low-income assistance with food, clothing and resources
  • Call 805-965-4122

Legal

• Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County
  • The Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County is a non-profit civil law firm. Our mission is to provide high-quality civil legal services to low-income and other vulnerable residents in order to ensure equal access to justice. We change lives through direct representation, legal advice and information, and community education.