Best Homeless Shelter Oxnard Near Me

4worldlovers:
There are more than 1,700 men, women and children experiencing homelessness in Ventura County

LIFE RECOVERY PROGRAM OFFERS VINNY, OTHERS, THE SUPPORT TO HEAL AND GROW

Vinny’s father was an alcoholic, and was abusive to him and his mother. When he was 10, his parents divorced. “We left him,” said Vinny, who lived in Port Hueneme. “So I grew up with a single mother raising three kids. My dad was in and out of the picture. He’d appear and disappear.” When…

AFTER YEARS OF TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE, VICTORIA FINDS HEALING AT THE LIGHTHOUSE

Growing up, Victoria constantly felt less-than. Both of her parents had other children and their affection for them was greater than that for Victoria. “I was told I was unwanted as a child, so I did whatever it took to get any attention from them.” Victoria started harming herself in sixth grade. Over the next…


They say that home is where the heart is, but what if your heart is broken? What if your heart is full of sadness, loneliness, and despair? What kind of home is that? For many of our unhoused neighbors, each day is about survival. Each day they are in search of the things that many…

4worldlovers: The EPICS program provides services for individuals with a history of multiple hospitalizations or incarceration, history of poor engagement with outpatient services, homeless or at risk of homelessness. Services include case management, medication support, and clinical interventions to help stabilize them at the lowest level of care in the community.

The CRT provides short term, voluntary residential service as an alternative to hospitalization for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. The program provides short-term intensive services to ensure stabilization and transition back into the community.

ASSIST provides treatment to individuals with serious mental illness who have difficulty living safely in the community and who have declined mental health care and/or have struggled to engage in mental health treatment in the past. There is the potential for court-ordered treatment when circumstances warrant. The program helps to promote wellness and recovery in the least restrictive environment and reduce the cycle of psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness and incarcerations that commonly are associated with a reluctance to accept mental health treatment.

Transitions serves transitional age youth (TAY), ages 16-25, who are diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental Illness. Transitions provides psychiatric treatment, individual therapy, case management, group treatment, and rehabilitation services. Services are field based services within homes, community, and the TAY Wellness and Recovery Center.

4worldlovers: Join us in our 40 Years of Action fundraising campaign as we raise $40,000 in 2023 to mark 40 years of service from our Oxnard headquarters and the 40th birthday of our Executive Director, Susy Lopez-Garcia!