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CCF is committed to the renaissance of Santa Barbara as a
community of neighborhoods which are safe, self-sufficient, resilient,
empowered and vibrant.
CCF seeks to address this goal through open, inclusive collaboratives,as well as less formal partnerships.
While we discuss programs for youth, families and neighborhoods, they in fact are modules of a comprehensive strategy to
address violence and quality of life through supporting:
Youth - We serve primarily youth involved in violence or with a very high inclination to violence. We offer a curriculum based group and one-on-one mentoring, programs which enhance their understanding of the world, recreational programs which promote teamwork and programs through which youth contribute to their neighborhood.
Families - We work with their families to explain the programs, how to reinforce what their youth learn through those programs and ask them to encourage their youth's attendance. We also provide families and youth with support during traumatic experiences, generally when a member of their family has been involved in violence.
Neighborhoods - We work with youth, their families, neighbors, local organizations and organizations outside the neighborhoods to improve the neighborhood's quality of life, the residents sense of being able to take care of themselves, and encourage the development of supportive relationships. All these factors reinforce positive youth
behavior.
We started our work with the goal of minimizing youth violence by directly engaging violent youth or youth with a high inclination to violence, through grassroots programs and collaboration with Santa Barbara organizations.
We have been working with youth and their families in the schools with positive results. We will increase our work with youth within their neighborhoods. Our impact in addressing the root causes of youth violence is much greater when we work with them in the place where they live, and engage the people who live with them: families, peers, neighbors, and local organizations.
It takes a village to raise a child so we support the village in raising their youth, improving that village's capacity to take care of their own. Neighborhoods then become healthier, and in aggregate Santa Barbara becomes a safer community.
Our youth focused approach to address violence within or outside the neighborhoods is called "Palabra".
Our approach to promote an environment which is supportive of youth's positive behavior, and promotes a village's sense of belonging, strong relationships and a belief that its residents can take care of themselves is called "Neighborhood Revitalization". This component is critical in addressing youth violence, but its goal goes beyond that objective.
It seeks to assist
neighborhoods in becoming empowered, self-sufficient, resilient and vibrant. It seeks systemic change, assisting neighbors to take responsibility for the future of their neighborhood, instead of waiting for institutions to do so. Institutions in partnership with the neighborhood, offer their resources when and where they are needed instead of deploying an entire program. CCF within a collaborative of entities seeks to add its support to neighborhood residents and organizations on their path to become self-sufficient. It provides expertise and guidance, ensuring though that youth and other residents make decisions on how to improve their place called home, and also that residents engage in implementation projects to do so.
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News and Announcements Mentoring through Portraits of Survival Through a collaborative that includes the Jewish Federation's Portraits of Survival program, Arts from Scrap, Life Chronicles and CCF, violent or at risk youth engaged in a dialogue and art project with holocaust survivors. The six-week pilot made a deep and lasting positive impact on participants.The program will be offered to both young men and women, and its duration may be expanded beyond six weeks. 
"Mis Tres Caras" are the personal
stories of Hispanic Youth as they participate in a dialogue with local
Holocaust survivors in a panel discussion. About 100 people attended
the reception. Maria Segal, left, a Holocaust survivor, talks with
David Nunez. Both were members of the panel discussion.
Girls Group Summer Schedule
CCF is happy to announce a new collaboration
with another successful Girl's Empowerment Group as well as revisions
to our current curriculum. We have been offered a new site to hold our
program in 6-week sessions. CCF has also joined with another local
girls organization to bring a more structured curriculum to our youth. We will be announcing our new location in the next few weeks.
Any female youth aged 12 - 22 years old are welcome to come and join in
our leadership group. For more information please call CCF at 845-4638.
Partnership: CCF & Food Bank of Santa Barbara CCF has partnered with FoodBank of Santa Barbara. The FoodBank has many opportunities for volunteering. Please support this great organization by contacting Diane Hadighi, who is Community Relations Coordinator. Her email is dhadighi@foodbanksbc.org |
Contact Us
P.O. Box 20153
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: (805) 845-4638
Fax: (805) 963-3483
