Foster Youth Tax Credit Workshops
Eligible current and former foster youth may qualify for up to $1,189 through the California Foster Youth Tax Credit. Join us for a free tax preparation workshop with guided support to help you file your federal and state taxes and claim the credit you’re eligible for. Two dates available. Free lunch provided.
Ventura County Public Defender’s Office: A Community Partner in Overdose Prevention
The Ventura County Public Defender’s Office has become a powerful partner in local overdose‑prevention efforts, offering free naloxone kits, fentanyl test strips, and bilingual education every Tuesday at the Hall of Justice. Their compassionate, judgment‑free approach is helping vulnerable clients and families stay safe, building trust, and expanding access to lifesaving resources at community events and Fresh Start clinics. Their work shows what true advocacy looks like—meeting people where they are and giving them another chance at recovery and stability.
Read the full story here: Overdose Prevention Newsletter
Ventura County Food Assistance Resources
Find local programs and services that provide food for individuals and families across Ventura County. From food pantries to meal distribution sites and community support organizations, these resources help ensure everyone has access to meals.
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Join us for an Information Session or Continuing Education Opportunity!
Presented by FKCE
Instructor: Anne Rodriguez
With mindful expert guidance, discover methods you can implement that help your child reach a healthy sense of self-esteem. Learn the importance of self-esteem and why it's a lot more than just feeling happy or confident all the time. Understand the harmful effects a negative sense of self-esteem and the way traumatic experiences can have on your youth's view on themselves. Coming out of this training, you will be able to instill methods in your household in order to behaviorally support your child under your care!
Your Instructor: Anne Rodriguez is a trainer & master coach with over 20 years of experience training and coaching for organizations like Child Welfare Services, Law Enforcement, Probation, Youth Independent Living Programs and Rehabilitation Programs. She is also a Master Mindset Coach helping clients remove blocks to be their best self and live their highest quality life.
CE Hours: 1.5
Presented by CASA of Ventura County in Collaboration with FKCE
Instructor: Youth Equity Initiative
Discover how you can build stronger, more authentic one-on-one relationships with the young people you care and interact with directly. In this training, participants will learn practical ways to support youth voice, share decision-making appropriately, and meet youth on equal ground. This session offers simple tools to help adults create trust-based, developmentally supportive partnerships with the young people they serve. As a result, participants will recognize how they can co-create and make room for youth to feel seen, heard, and empowered.
Your Instructor: Under the Ventura County Probation Agency, the Youth Equity Initiative (YEI) works to inform community and agency policy and practice; strengthen youth programs’ capacities; and increase youth and family access to coordinated, culturally responsive services through cross-system collaboration.
CE Hours: 1.5
Presented by California CASA
This training invites participants to reflect on their own beliefs about food, bodies, and weight, while learning to challenge harmful messages that are common in our society and can contribute to eating disorders.
Participants will gain a foundational understanding of eating disorders, including key characteristics and warning signs, and learn how adults can promote protective factors that support positive relationships with food and body image in children and teens.
Participants will learn:
• How societal messages about food and body image impact kids and teens
• Common characteristics and warning signs of eating disorders
• Ways to challenge harmful food, body, and weight beliefs
• Practical strategies to build protective factors in youth
• How and when to access professional support
CE Hours: 1.5
Our office is open daily by appointment.
Please call (805) 389-3120 or email info@casaofventuracounty.org to schedule a time to come in.
If you are experiencing any cold or flu symptoms, please do not come to the office.
Special Thanks
CASA of Ventura County is grateful for the support of the Margie & Robert E. Peterson Foundation and the Rick & Marcie Sexauer Foundation.
