In light of COVID-19, ICFS is witnessing how our current health crisis is exacerbating existing social inequities and economic disparities. ICFS’s priority currently is to promote an integrated and holistic COVID-19 response, a coordinated healthcare and social service strategy that ensures individual and family access to basic resources and safe conditions (i.e. access to healthcare, food, shelter, security). At the …
As we know many of you have seen, events News and recommendations surrounding COVID-19 are changing rapidly, and in order to ensure the safety and well-being of our community, we will be postponing our Love is Brewing Benefit. We are exploring the possibility of postponing the event until November, but cannot confirm this change at this time. If you have already …
Interface Children & Family Services has received a $20,000 unrestricted grant to support local survivors of domestic violence in Ventura County. This year’s grant contribution brings the Mary Kay Foundation’s total investment in its shelter grant program to $52 million country wide. Mary Kay’s Grant will ensure that Interface can continue to provide emergency shelter, transitional shelter, emergency response, crisis …
February is teen dating violence prevention month. Interface prevention programs visit middle and high schools to talk about what a healthy relationship looks like. Do you know what the signs are that your teen might be in an unhealthy relationship? Read more www.icfs.org
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Ventura is the newest site for Interface Services! Our Ventura site opened this month in Montalvo Square off Victoria Avenue. The Family Violence Prevention team pictured is excited to increase access to help when and where it’s needed most!
New law (AB218*) should serve as a wake-up call for increased child abuse prevention in schools by Erik Sternad, Executive Director, Interface Children & Family Services We know a 69-year-old woman who never reported her childhood sexual abuse. A friend of the family abused her when she was seven years old; she told her mother at the time, who chose …
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Interface staff (pictured in Oxnard, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks), donned blue in recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month for #WearBlueDay. Team members have been very busy hosting the kick-off of the Ventura County Human Trafficking Task Force, collaborating with partners to have January proclaimed as Human Trafficking Awareness Month by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, providing workplace …
