Opportunities to Help

Opportunities to help Santa Barbarans in tremendous need abound:

1. Become a mentor to a young adult stuggling with co-occurring disorders.

2. Help staff a shift at the Freedom Warming Centers that are being set up on an ad hoc basis at various participating churches and centers( including Trinity Episcopal Church and the Unitarian Society) to provide a warm place for a few homeless men and women to sleep. This program was created by Dr. Lynne Jahnke and fellow homeless advocates after a man named Freedom died in his wheelchair in December, 2009 , of exposure to the cold on the Santa Barbara pier.

3. Help fund Families ACT's new Video Documentation Project - based on interviews with Santa Barbara's young dually diagnosed men and women who are at risk for suicide, overdose, incarceration and homelessness and struggling to find recovery and a reason to live. They are empowered by telling their story and we benefit by witnessing their journey. Exactly what will it take to bring about much-needed changes in our local, state and national policies so that we can offer them a healing hand rather than a criminal record?

Call (805) 637-1339 to volunteer or make a donation.