| Non-Profit Agencies: |
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| Big Brothers &
Big
Sisters |
Provides
children from single-parent families with supportive services, enriching
friendships on a one-to-one basis with mature, responsible adults. |
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Catholic Charities |
Temporary emergency aid to eligible families and individuals; food,
clothing and rent assistance; volunteer-run program for the physically
handicapped. |
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Community Conscience |
Trustees of the "Under one Roof" Human Services Center. |
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Conejo Free Clinic |
Medical and legal services for those who cannot afford private
care; medical clinics; WIC screening; immunizations;
legal clinics and Family law classes. Bankruptcy, custody
class anonymous HIV testing. |
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Conejo Youth Employment Service |
Free job search assistance and referrals for youths ages 14-22;
including employment counseling pre-employment skills and training. |
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Consumer Credit Counselors |
Free debt counseling and budget lessons; alternative to bankruptcy. |
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Holy Family Services |
Provides counseling to birth parents with unplanned pregnancies;
family and individual counseling, foster care. Complete adoption
services available. |
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Hospice of the Conejo Valley |
A volunteer Hospice providing in-home assistance for the terminally
ill and their families through professional case management and volunteer
support. Bereavement group support for children, adults, and
seniors. No fee. |
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Interface Children Family Services |
Provides shelter, crisis intervention,
counseling, treatment, and education services to abused
children, battered women and their children, youth and families in
crisis. |
| Jewish Federation Agencies |
Individual, family, and group counseling information and
referral. Family life and education. |
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Lutheran Social Services |
Offers the following programs are
available for individuals, couples, and family counseling on a sliding
scale. |
- R.E.A.P. Re-Employment Assistance
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Helps homeless, chronically unemployed
adults find employment. |
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Manna referrals, food, clothing, bus and
gas vouchers, prescription assistance for homeless and persons in
crisis. |
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Provides minor home repair, light
housekeeping, yard work and transportation for seniors or the
disabled. |
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Many Mansions |
Promotes and provides safe, well-managed housing with on-site life
enriching services for limited income residents of Thousand Oaks and the
surrounding communities in Ventura County. |
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Senior Concerns Bargain Boutique |
Thrift shop revenues benefit Conejo valley Senior Concerns,
Fitzgerald House and Meals on Wheels. |
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Villa Esperanza Services |
Provides a range of programs that serve diverse disabled population
by developing model programs to meet the needs of children and adults with
developmental disabilities and venerable at-risk adults and seniors. |
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| Government Agencies: |
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Social Security Administration |
Administers retirement, survivor, and
disability insurance, benefits, supplemental security income payments. |
| Correction Services Agency |
Diversion programs for area youth who
have been arrested for minor crimes; information, referral, resources
for parents and youth and school regarding criminal justice system. |
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Public Social Services |
Offers those in need with provisions of
food stamps, Medi-Cal, and general
relief. |
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WIC Nutrition Program |
Women, Infants, Children Nutrition
Program serves to safeguard the health of low-income women,
infants, & children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by
providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy
eating, and referrals to health care. |
