Resource Directory

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Acacia Counseling and Wellness offers individuals (18+ years), couples, and group therapy as well as psychiatric services. We offer both short and long-term treatment. Acacia Counseling and Wellness offers psychotherapy and psychiatric services in two locations, located within walking, busing, or biking distance from UC Santa Barbara.

All Star Recovery is a sober living home that provides a safe place for you to build your foundation. We are a community of men 18+ in recovery that share one common goal - to stay clean and sober. You are not in this alone, and in Santa Barbara there is a strong community available to support you in your recovery.

Alsana is an eating recovery community and treatment provider that helps clients of all genders achieve lasting eating disorder recovery and whole health.

Offering treatment of anxiety-based disorders including panic, social phobia, school refusal, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).

The goal at Balance Treatment Center is to provide a long-term path to stability rather than short relief from "disorder". The work is in uncovering and address the underlying sources of pain, rather than just symptom relief.

The Bridge Clinic of Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) serves patients with substance use disorders and a desire for treatment, with no unstable medical, psychiatric, or behavioral symptoms or problems that would require a higher level of care than an outpatient setting.

Buellton Union School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade at Oak Valley Elementary and Jonata Middle Schools. Students in our district are offered a variety of wellness resources and support.

Cal-FURS is for current and former FOSTER YOUTH and their CAREGIVERS. Designed to provide immediate (24/7), trauma-informed support when they need it. Prevent placement moves. Preserve the relationship between the child or youth and their caregiver. Provide a trauma-informed alternative for families who previously resorted to calling 911 or law enforcement. Reduce hospitalizations, law enforcement contacts, and placement in out-of-home facilities. Promote healing as a family. Improve retention of current foster caregivers. Promote stability for youth in foster care, including youth in extended foster care.

CALM utilizes a variety of trauma-informed, evidence-based programs and services that effectively treat child abuse and promote healing, as well as programs successful in preventing childhood trauma through family strengthening and support. Services are provided to all in both Spanish and English, at a sliding scale or free of charge if needed; no one is turned away due to inability to pay.

Education and prevention topics related to health and wellbeing including: Sexual and reproductive health curriculum; fitness and nutrition workshops and coaching; and, parent/adult education related to communication, healthy/unhealthy relationships, LGBTQ inclusion and safe environments, and healthy living.

Healthy families. Successful children. Strong community. It takes a village to raise a child, and the Carpinteria Children’s Project aims to coordinate the efforts in the village so that all families and children are healthy and successful. We are the coordinating hub of the Thrive Carpinteria Partner Network, a formal partnership of early childhood education and social services providers who serve families as a team. Even with the network, there are some gaps in services in Carpinteria, and so the Carpinteria Children’s Project provides direct services in early childhood education and family support. When other gaps in available services arise, we reach out to other resources in the county to fill them.

The Carpinteria Unified School District, in partnership with the community and parents, believes that all students can learn and are capable of being successful in our diverse society. We are committed to providing a quality educational program in a caring, positive environment which promotes self-esteem and mutual respect. CUSD provides comprehensive child and adolescent mental health services that are child and family centered, culturally sensitive, and strengths based. Services are offered at schools and in the community to ensure greatest access.

Substance use and mental health treatment to help women and their families recover from addiction by providing evidence-based treatment services while building community, instilling self-determination, and empowering them with educational opportunities and financial literacy.

CenCal Health is the Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Plan for Santa Barbara County's low income residents. Medi-Cal ensures that children and adults with limited income and resources can receive medical, mental, and behavioral health services at little or no cost. CenCal HEALTH members have access to services addressing mild to moderate mental health challenges and substance use.