Healthy Start Program

The County of Ventura Human Services Agency, Children and Family Services (CFS), envisions offering support, hope, and opportunity to families and children in need. To this end, they have developed the Strengthening VC Families approach.

The goal of helping children and youth in Ventura County is to support the whole child, whole family, and whole community through integration and alignment of services. This goal is achieved by increasing preventative work to keep families together, aligning practices throughout the health and human services continuum, and actively engaging with diverse community partners to strengthen families.

Healthy Start is a community support program housed on-site at Williams Elementary School. It is offered to our school community through a partnership between Strengthening VC Families and the Hueneme Elementary School District. The Healthy Start Program seeks to keep families together by improving community care systems.

Community supports:

• Social Service Referrals
• Care Closet - assistance with school uniforms and toiletries
• Food Pantry - canned and dry food assistance
• Home Visits
• Parent Workshops
• Consultation with school staff  

• Participation in the Student Attendance Review Team