Family Service Agency (FSA) of Santa Barbara County is pleased to welcome the organization’s new Chief Strategy-North County Programs Officer, Arcelia Sención. She will manage operations at FSA’s North County Santa Maria Valley Youth & Family Center office at 105...
By Sophia Corona As a student in Santa Maria in 1988, Danielle Calvo began seeing an Outreach Mentor in first grade. “I was excited when I was able to spend time with my mentor, Gail Burgess,” said Danielle. “My parents were separating, and Gail encouraged me to talk...
The Santa Maria Valley Youth & Family Center is celebrating 50 years of providing assistance to the community, often at the most dire of times and for the most vulnerable among us. Read...
The Strengthening Families Program is a series of interactive workshops that help parents and youth ages 7-17 improve their family relationships and parenting skills. SFP has had positive results in reducing delinquency risk factors by featuring: Group discussion Home...
On Tuesday April 5th, the Public Health Department of Santa Barbara County named FSA a Public Health Champion in the counties first ever “Public Health Week”. Four other organizations and individuals were named Champions and Heroes of Public Health during...
