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 Greater Richmond SCAN
Join Greater Richmond SCAN's Community Engagement Specialist, Tamika Daniel, for an interactive conversation based on her life experience with building the types of relationships that are supportive in accomplishing goals. The conversation will include challenges and barriers to supportive relationships and offer ways to overcome these.
CE Hours: 1
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: 2
Presented by CalTrin
HOPE offers a paradigm shift in the way practitioners approach their work with families and children, from one that emphasizes deficits and problems, to one that actively seeks out strengths and assets.
The training presents background information on the health effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the research showing how key positive childhood experiences (PCEs) prevent and mitigate the effects of ACEs and toxic stress resulting in improved health outcomes. The biologic mechanisms of how PCEs affect the brain are presented. Participants learn about the 4 Building Blocks of HOPE and participate in skill building exercises that enable them to begin to incorporate the HOPE framework into their work. Different themes of HOPE implementation are explored, including how to use the HOPE framework to address racial and socioeconomic disparities at your organization.
Learners will be able to:
Have a greater understanding of how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect mental and physical health.
Explore how positive childhood experiences (PCEs) through the HOPE framework can mitigate the effects of ACEs.
CE Hours: 1
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.
