Welcome to CCF!

Developing Healthy Youth, Healthy Families and Neighborhoods for a Safe Santa Barbara

  

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The mission of the Collaborative Communities Foundation (CCF) is to develop healthy youth and neighborhoods for a safe Santa Barbara. CCF is taking a leading role in minimizing youth violence by offering community based outreach on a grassroots basis, as well as offering a unique program of   through former gang member mentoring in the Santa Barbara and Goleta communities. It also seeks to prepare these disadvantaged youth for a positive life path.

News and Announcements

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 site 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 the CCF office at 845-4638.
 
CCF on Myspace
CCF has launched it’s youth led Myspace page which can be found at www.myspace.com/ccfpalabra If you are a member of the Myspace community please request us! Upcoming events can also be found there!!

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

Upcoming Events
 
Palabra Program & Santa Barbara Schools
Collaborative Communities Foundations's Palabra Program is partnered with the Santa Barbara School District to bring our program to area schools.  Palabra is currently being offered on school campuses at several locations.  CCF would provide a new schedule in September for The Palabra Program.
 
The Palabra Program recruits and involves youth, male and female, ages 12 to 22 years old, which congregate (hang out) on the streets, parks, community centers, and schools and enrolls them into a comprehensive program. The program emphasizes self-efficacy in problem solving – primarily by providing significant practice in addressing issues and problems relating to high risk factors for gang involvement, crime, substance abuse, and related problems. Additionally, the program focuses on leadership development by providing youth with an opportunity to “give back” to their neighborhood through community activity projects, expression through art projects, leadership workshops, and community organizing. Further, the program offers opportunities for social development through recreational actives, outings, field trips, special events, and cultural events.  
 

Contact Us


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P.O. Box 20153

Santa Barbara, CA 93101      

Phone: (805) 845-4638

Fax:  (805) 963-3483

Or contact us by email.

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