ARC in Carpinteria to close

The ARC in Carpinteria with almost 90 beds for men in recovery is scheduled to close around the end of April.

This is a tragedy!

The Salvation Army is asking several million dollars for the building.

Various groups/agencies in our community are trying to figure out how to salvage this facility.

Can anyone help??

Task Force on Co-Occurring Disorders

The Santa Barbara Task Force on Co-Occurring Disorders will be meeting April 10th at noon.

We will be exploring strategies for getting residential treatment and detox facilities for Santa Barbarans with mental health and co-occurring subtance use disorders in these financially strained times.

The people who run Nueva Vista, a model "therapeutic community" for up to 61 people with mental illness near San Jose, will be at the meeting, to tell us about their program.

Nancy Gottlieb, Interim Division Chief of Alcohol and Drug Programs at ADMHS, and Dr. Edwin Feliciano, Medical Director for ADMHS are planning to attend.

Several representatives from the Sheriff's Department will be attending.