Expand Family Advocate program in Goleta Union School District to help low-income parents receive services for basic needs for their family.
Purchase a wheelchair accessible van for clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate in off-campus community activities.
Provide onsite counseling to low-income Carpinteria families and their children having Adverse Early Childhood Experiences.
Replace a fifty-year-old, leaking Thrift Store roof to protect income-producing inventory that supports programs for low-income clients.
Expand the Holistic Defense Program in the Santa Barbara Public Defenders office to help women stabilize their lives and reduce reoffending.
Replace 50 shelter beds with new metal beds and bug resistant mattresses for the women’s quarters at the interim-housing shelter.
Purchase two compact wheelchair platforms to provide Dental Access for low-income special-needs patients at the Dental Clinics.
Renovate their kitchen including new appliances, plumbing, cabinets and flooring for hospice home for homeless and low-income individuals with terminal illnesses.
Provide bridge funding for emergency shelter operations for homeless families with children while agency seeks to replace recently cut government funding.
When most of us hear Isla Vista, we think about UCSB students, their academic achievements, and their parties. There is another less well-known population in Isla Vista, residents who are poor and underserved. Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP) was started to support those less visible families in Isla Vista who did not have access to social supports.