Time-limited Disaster CalFresh program launched today!
Some of you may already be aware of Disaster CalFresh since we have been making preparations over the past few weeks. Our readiness activities have involved multiple staff across the agency creating, delivering or attending training, developing business processes, timesheet coding instructions, and daily reporting requirements, as well as ensuring systems and facilities readiness, just to name a few. The teamwork and collaboration has been excellent; challenging times like these truly bring out such grace and cooperation in our staff. Whether staff has been directly involved or taking on extra work to allow others to be directly involved, THANK YOU all for your efforts to launch this program – I have every confidence that DSS will do a wonderful job bringing disaster food aid to our local communities!
For those of you who may not be familiar with the disaster food aid program, I wanted to share a few details with you.
Late last week, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) approved California Department of Social Services' (CDSS) request to operate Disaster CalFresh (D-CF) in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties due to the combined impact of multiple wildfires in December 2017 and mudslides in January 2018.
We are operational at 5 sites in Santa Barbara County and 7 sites in Ventura County. The hours and days of operation vary by site. The only Saturday site is at our local Disaster Recovery Center in Santa Barbara. The application period started today and ends February 14, 2018. You can check out our DSS website for more information.
Santa Barbara County
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Department of Social Services
234 Camino Del Remedio
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Monday-Friday 7am to 5pm
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Department of Social Services
2125 S Centerpointe Pkwy
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Monday-Friday 7am to 5pm
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Disaster Recovery Center
1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 6pm
Wednesday and Saturday 9am to 3pm
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Department of Social Services
1100 W Laurel Ave
Lompoc, CA 93436
Monday-Friday 7am to 5pm
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Carpinteria Family Resource Center
5241 8th Street
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Tuesdays 9am to 3pm
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Ventura County
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East County Community Service Center
2900 N. Madera Rd. Ste. 100
Simi Valley, CA. 93065
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
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Oxnard Community Service Center
1400 Vanguard Drive
Oxnard, CA. 93033
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
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Santa Clara Valley Community Service Center
725 E. Main St
Santa Paula, CA. 93060
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
Open until 7:00 PM on Thursday 2-8-18
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Thousand Oaks Community Service Center
80 E Hillcrest Drive Ste. 200
Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
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Ventura Community Service Center
4651 Telephone Rd
Ventura, CA. 93003
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
Open until 7:00 PM on Wednesday 2-7-18
Open until 7:00 PM on Thursday 2-8-18
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Moorpark Community Service Center
612B Spring Rd. Ste 301
Moorpark, CA. 93021
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
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Fillmore Community Service Center
828 Ventura St. Ste 200
Fillmore, CA. 93015
8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday
Open until 7:00 PM on Wednesday 2-7-18
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Posted on behalf of Barbara Finch, Children and Adult Network Director
Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services
