Families ACT Receives Grant

Families ACT has received a $10,000 grant from the Promoting Policy Change Program of Drug Policy Alliance to network with other organizations statewide to raise awareness about the impact of our policies on people with mental health disorders.

Affordable Counseling Now Available at Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

Thanks to a grant from Mary Jane Brighton, Santa Barbara's Neighborhood Clinics will now be able to offer counseling regardless of a patient's ability to pay, using counseling interns from Antioch University and the Alcohol and Drug Counseling department at Santa Barbara City College. Counseling will be available at Isla Vista, West Side and Eastside clinics as well as the Eastside Dental Clinic.

“We’re here to help,” said Vickie Gonzalez, a licensed family therapist and director of the clinics’ mental health services.