PHP assists individuals and families to be independent and empowers them to achieve a high quality of life.  PHP has five resource centers at local schools to reduce barriers to seeking help by making it easy for students and parents to access PHP staff and services.  Seniors and other adults without school-age children can access services at PHP’s Solvang Family Resource Centers.

Family Resource Centers

PHP staffs five Family Resource centers on school campuses to reduce barriers to seeking help.  Clients can access PHP services and be linked to services of other agencies right in their own neighborhoods.  Centers are established at Jonata School, Santa Ynez School, Santa Ynez High School, Solvang School, and Olga Reed School (Los Alamos) Campuses.  Most Centers are staffed on a part-time basis.  Click above on a Resource Center site for address, hours or to make contact with a PHP Family Services Coordinator.

Advocacy

PHP staff assists individuals to translate or complete government and business forms and understand agreements, rules and regulations. There is often a small fee for these services.

Domestic Violence Prevention

PHP’s ADCAP (Advocates for Domestic and Child Abuse Prevention) program is the only domestic violence intervention/prevention program serving the Santa Ynez, Los Alamos, and Lompoc Valleys.  Trained and Certified PHP Advocates are on-call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to respond to Sheriff’s calls to the scene of each domestic violence crime.  Advocates provide immediate comfort and support to the survivors of the violence.  Short term help may include medical attention and shelter.  Longer term assistance may come from PHP’s direct services programs in the form of help with basic needs such as food and rental assistance, direction to successfully navigate the criminal justice system, group and individual counseling for adults and children, and access to services from the District Attorney’s Victim Witness Program.

PHP’s emergency response to domestic violence crime scenes is unique in that it is solely staffed by volunteers in the evenings and on weekends.  Volunteers receive extensive classroom and on the job training in accordance with State requirements.  For more information on volunteer opportunities and requirements for ADCAP click the link below.

ADCAP Emergency Response Team Volunteer Description

To make a confidential inquiry about services call 686-0295 or e-mail: denise@syvphp.org.

PHP’s ADCAP Program has produced remarkable results for victims of domestic violence.

In the past ten years,
PHP’s repeat incident rate has been less than five percent  5%.

Parent Education

PHP operates parent education and support groups that explore contemporary topics and discuss positive parenting strategies. Click here on Parent Education Programs for information on parent groups and upcoming workshops.

Christmas Fulfill-A-Wish

For 16 years, PHP has operated the Fulfill-A-Wish Christmas Program to provide the area’s most needy families, including 300 children, with holiday gifts, clothing, and toys.  In order to avoid duplication, PHP partners with the Marine Corps Reserve’s “Toys for Tots” and is the distribution channel for toys donated and collected in the valley. Donated items together with items purchased with contributions are displayed in a holiday ‘boutique” opened and operated two-three days just prior to the holiday in a donated retail space. Families are selected based upon economic need and parents are allowed to select items based upon the size and needs of their family.  In this way we hope to maintain the dignity of families and empower parents as much as possible.  Volunteers decorate, stock, and operate the boutique under the supervision of PHP staff.

To view Christmas volunteer opportunities and/or contact the volunteer coordinator, click here.