Emergency Listings

Ambulance/Police/Fire

911

Santa Barbara Police Department

965-5151

    * Non-Emergency Number

897-2355

Dispatch, Santa Barbara

681-4229

Fire Department, Santa Barbara

965-5254

Highway Patrol

967-1234

Sheriff’s Department

681-4100

Juvenile Hall/ Probation

692-4800

City of Santa Barbara

963-0611

Santa Barbara County

1-800-400-1572

HELP LINE

Santa Barbara

569-2255

AIDS RESOURCES

AIDS information line:  24 hour information line

965-2925

HIV antibody testing program:  Free anonymous testing available by appointment only.

681-5120

Isla Vista Medical Clinic

968-1511

Santa Barbara County AIDS Task Force

681-5120

Westside Neigborhood Medical Clinic

963-1546

IMMIGRATION INFORMATION:  Recorded message on various immigration-related services.

1-800-755-0777

EMPLOYMENT

Youth Employment Services:  No fee employment service for all youth 13-22 years.  Helps youth find part-time, full-time, temporary, and permanent employment

568-1317

Employment Development Department:  Job services and unemployment insurance administration by the state.  Employment services to employers and job seekers.

568-1317

Regional Occupational Program:  Job training, vocational, trade, office, etc. Placement program for completers.

964-4711

FAMILY AND PARENT SUPPORT

Al-Anon Family Groups

962-1287

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

965-1001

Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

963-1433

Family Dynamics

964-5291

Parent Survival Training:  Provides workshops, counseling, crisis intervention, and assistance.  Teaches parents problem solving with their children.

682-9788

TAPP/AFLP- Teenage Parenting Program

681-4962/681-4961

Santa Barbara Family Care Program

963-6631

Skills Building Classes Confident Parenting

569-3873

FINANCIAL

Food Stamps:  Provides increased food purchasing power to individuals and families.

681-4423

Foodbank of Santa Barbara County:  Provides sources of edible surplus food.

967-5741

Welfare, County:  Central switchboard number for county health/social services offices.  Information on Welfare.

681-4400

GAY AND LESBIAN

Gay and Lesbian Resource Center/ Pacific Pride:  Information, referral, education, support, counseling ,and alcohol/drug abuse services to the gay/lesbian/bisexual community.  Provides HIV-III antibody testing.

963-3636

Gay Peoples Union

893-4578

HOUSING

Community Housing Office

963-9644

Department of Social Services

681-4400

Housing Authority

965-1071

Renting Housing Mediation Task Force

730-1523

EMERGENCY SHELTERS

Bethel House:  Care for mothers and their children

966-1316 x200

Noah’s Anchorage Youth Shelters

963-8775

Rescue Mission

966-1316

Salvation Army/Hospitality House

962-6281

Armory

966-1316

Shelter Services for Women

963-4458

     *  Crisis

964-5245

The Transition House

966-9668

MEDICAL

Carrillo Community Medical Clinic:  Special Attention paid to needs of minorities, women, seniors, homeless, gay and lesbian people.  Offers sexually transmitted disease testing, family planning, physicals and immunizations.

963-1641

Franklin Primary Care Clinic

568-2099

Isla Vista Open Door Clinic:  Primary health care and general family practice, pediatrics, family planning, gynecology, physical exams, immunizations, and marriage certificate testing.

968-1511

The Med Center

965-3011

Public Health Center:  TB and VD control, immunizations

681-5145

Westside Neighborhood Clinic

963-1546

Medi-Cal:  Determines eligibility for the Medi-Cal Program which can then pay medical providers for the expenses associated with medical services.  Income based.

681-4528

Medically Indigent Adults:  Provides medical assistance for low-low-income persons who need treatment and do not qualify for Medi-Cal.

681-5398

HOSPITALS

Cottage Hospital

682-7111

St. Francis Hospital

962-7661

Goleta Valley Hospital

967-3411

PAT:  Psychiatric Assessment Team

1-800-207-9694

COUNSELING RESOURCES

CALM (Child Abuse Listening and Mediation)

965-2376

Carrillo Community Medical Clinic

963-1641

Catholic Charities

965-7045

Center for Effective Change:  Provides Counseling for families and adolescents.  Special programs for ADD/HD and special needs.

962-2229

Community Counseling Center

962-3363

Elaine Jacobs, MFCC:  Private practice

682-4547

Family Dynamics

969-0967

Family Service Agency

965-1001

Family Therapy Institute

569-2272

Franklin Family Counseling Center

568-2098

Franklin Mental Health  (MISC)

568-2098

Hospice

965-5555

La Casa De La Raza

965-8581

Darren Robuck, MFCC:  Private Practice

961-2818

Santa Barbara Counseling Center:  Offers individual, family, couples, and group counseling at affordable fees.

963-4357

UCSB Counseling Clinic

893-8064

Youth Bereavement Group:  Offers groups for ages 7-15 who are coping with loss.

965-5555

MENTAL HEALTH

Counseling Center for Children:  Offers a full spectrum of mental health services.  (Consultation, evaluation, treatment and education).

563-9065

Medical Society of Physician Referrals:  Psychiatrists

683-5333

Mental Health Care Referrals

681-5220

SEXUALITY/PREGNANCY

Birth Resource Center

966-4545

Child Development Program (Family Service Agency)

564-4711

Child Guidance Clinic

965-1001

County Health Promotion & Education

681-5365

Franklin Primary Care Clinic

568-2099

Isla Vista Medical Clinic

968-1511

P.E.P. (Post Partum Education for Parents)

564-3888

Planned Parenthood

963-5801

Pregnancy Counseling Center:  24 hour hotline

569-2220

Santa Barbara Family Care Center

963-6631

TAPP:  (Teen Age Pregnancy Program)

564-7830

Westside Neighborhood Medical Clinic

963-1546

SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORT GROUPS

Adult Children of Alcoholics

962-4255

ALANON

962-1287

ALATEEN

962-1287

Alcoholics Anonymous

962-3332

Cocaine Anonymous

969-5178

Narcotics Anonymous

569-1288

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

ALANO Club

962-5013

Alcoholics Anonymous  (24 Hour)

962-3333

Breakthrough Center

569-3332

Casa Serena

966-1260

Cocaine Anonymous:  (24 hours) 12-step program for younger family members and friends.

969-5178

Community Counseling Center

968-2222

Community Health Project:  Comprehensive substance abuse treatment.

964-4795

Drinking Driver Program

963-1433

Drop-in Center

962-6195

Drug Program Office

681-5440

HELPLINE:  24 hour phone counseling, information, and referral services by paraprofessional counselors.

569-2255

Project Recovery:  Drug abuse and alcoholism counseling for parents and youth.

564-6057

Roots and Wings:  Counsel on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

963-1433

Youth and Family Center:  Inpatient/Outpatient acupuncture detoxification for men and women.

928-1707

Zona Seca:  Counseling for alcoholics, drug abusers, and their families. 

963-8961

TRANSPORTATION

Air Bus, Santa Barbara

964-7759

Jensen Station:  Will take anywhere for $15.00 per/hr

969-2594

Yellow Cab

965-5111

VIOLENCE

APS (Adult Protective Services, Santa Barbara County)

681-4600

California Youth Crisis

1-800-843-5200

CALM (Child Abuse Listening and Mediation)

965-2376

Child Abuse HOTLINE

569-2255

CPS (Child Protective Service, S.B. County)

1-800-367-0166

HELPLINE

569-2255

MHAT (Mental Health Assessment Team):  Ask for County Dispatch and request a South County MHAT worker.

911

PAT (Psychiatric Assessment Team)

653-5158

Sheltered Services for Women

682-6808

Temporary Restraining Order

963-6754

Victim Witness Assistance Program

568-2400