Our care center primarily focuses on those without permanent housing and at-risk individuals and families. We offer short-term assistance including food and clothing, counseling and case management. We also provide referrals and individual guidance to assist clients as they seek self-confidence and dignity.

Our Avanti program in Pasadena serves developmentally challenged adults. Our disabled adult clients engage the community through social and volunteer opportunities. We offer a range of services including recreational, educational and one-on-one interaction with youth, seniors and other neighborhood residents.

Our center serves over 1,000 people each month providing emergency assistance such as food, clothing, hygiene items and blankets. After client intake we refer many to additional resources throughout the community. We also offer disability and housing benefit assistance to homeless families, individuals and veterans through our County Wide Benefits Team (CBEST).

We serve more than 200 individuals and families each month providing a food pantry, clothing, emergency vouchers for hotel, bus, gas and utilities. We also offer counseling and supportive services to women and their families that have been victims of crime.

Our Community Care Center is often the first place people turn to when they find themselves in crisis. Requests for food, hygiene items and utility & shelter assistance are received regularly. We are able to provide referrals and connect people to resources that will meet their needs. Food bags are given to homeless men, women & families to help make balanced meals and special kits are made for the indigent living in motels.

CCLM helps people seeking shelter, food, education and health services. We provide a men’s emergency shelter, houses for people living with HIV/AIDS, men’s transitional house and a reentry house for recently incarcerated men. There is grocery distribution, a weekday hot meal, and a computer lab for adults, community garden and a thrift store.

Our centers support the mental and behavioral health needs of the remote and hard to reach locations of this geographically large county. Our Mental Health Services, encompassing clients of all ages include needs assessment, referral, case management, prevention, intervention via therapy, behavioral modification, crisis intervention and telepsychiatry. SBC Medi-Cal eligibility is generally required, Medi-Care is also accepted. Services are provided in Big Bear Lake, Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley, Barstow, Trona, Baker, Yucca Valley and areas in between unless otherwise noted.

We offer a range of opportunities for seniors, youth and those in need of emergency services. We operate the Senior Companion Program, two TRIO student education programs and an emergency food pantry. Our services are valuable for both our clients and volunteers.

Our Thousand Oaks center operates and manages programs throughout the Conejo Valley like Homeless 2 Home and the LSS Meal and Shelter Program. We also provide short-term emergency assistance to the vulnerable and disadvantaged members in our local community. Working with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department we do street outreach to engage those in need where they are and look for ways to assist.