St. Vincent’s Santa Barbara

Provide a safe place for single mothers and their children to live, learn and grow. In addition to parenting education classes and individual counseling, our services encourage independent living skills, inspire a healthy mind, body and spirit, and promote inner confidence and self-esteem.

• Transitional housing (up to 27 months) for single mothers with one or two children, five years old or younger.
• Weekly counseling with a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
• Weekly parenting classes using evidence-based, positive reinforcement and discipline techniques to help grow happy, healthy children.
• On-site parent coaching to support positive experiences and strong parent-child bonding.
• The FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAM at St. Vincent’s Santa Barbara, is a drug- and alcohol-free, transitional housing program (up to 27 months), designed to assist low-income single mothers, with one or two children, five years old or younger, or pregnant with her first or second child (first child must be five years old or younger).