Santa Barbara Programs

Though we have admitted children placed by Santa Barbara County into campus-based programs over the years - 1996 to the residential treatment program and 2002 to the crisis care (emergency shelter) program - we did not deliver services within Santa Barbara County until 2003.

Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS). Starting in 2003 Casa Pacifica opened an office on Hope Street in Santa Barbara and begin Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS). This service is provided through a contract with the Alcohol, Drug, Mental Health Services (ADMHS) Department. TBS is a short-term, intensive, supplemental mental health service designed to assist children in either preserving a current placement when they are in jeopardy of moving to a higher level of care or helping them move back home and into their community. TBS counselors spend most of their time implementing behavioral interventions with the child and working with parents and caregivers to use effectively behavioral plans. .

With the majority of referrals coming from north Santa Barbara County, Casa Pacifica opened a second office in Orcutt just outside of Santa Maria. Thirteen behavior specialists along with a licensed clinical psychologist now serve 40 families at out of the two offices. This program is likely to continue to grow.

The Children's Project. Funded by a planning grant from a local Santa Barbara Foundation, the Children's Project is a collaborative public/private project in Santa Barbara County focused on developing an innovative boarding school and college preparatory academy in Santa Barbara County that will, through a rigorous, supportive and academic environment, create a community where foster children and selected youth with mental health or delinquency issues can set and achieve high educational goals as well as learn valuable vocational, social and life skills to prepare them for a successful future.

In October of 2004 Casa Pacifica responded to a Request for Qualification issued by the Children's Project to residential and educational programs throughout California. Casa Pacifica has been selected as the residential provider and will work with the steering committee to identify suitable property, launch a capital campaign to build a campus, develop a program and financing design to assure sustainability, reach out to neighboring counties to support this effort, and advocate for special licensing and funding at the state level for this innovative, promising program. Visit the Children's Project website at ..........

Santa Barbara County Advisory Board