Latest Updates/Blog
CFS Updates
News + Press
- 1/26/22 Amigos 805 – Bilingual report – Older Youth in Care Thrive with Support from Local Families & Mentors
- 1/21/22 VC Star – Have a heart for teens? Ventura County seeks families for out-of-home youth
- 2/1/22 KCLU / NPR – Program giving helping hand to displaced teens, young adults in Ventura County needs help itself
- 3/25/21 Amigos 805 – Bilingual Report – Community support urgently needed for additional shelter homes and resource families in Ventura County
- 4/21/21 Ventura Breeze – Community support urgently needed for additional shelter homes and resource families in Ventura County
- 4/23/21 Moorpark Acorn – Resource homes sought for children, teens needing emergency shelter
- 5/19/21 Ventura Breeze – Transitional aged youth between 16-25 deserve loving homes now
- 11/30/22 Citizens Journal – Shop LOCAL This Year to Help Businesses That Care
- 12/1/21 Ventura Breeze – Local businesses give back to Ventura County Youth through Businesses with Heart Initiative
- 12/29/21 Our Ventura TV – Homes with Heart Ventura County
- 2/14/20 Simi Valley Acorn – Homes with Heart needed
- 2/19/20 KEYT News channel 3 – Home with Heart VC launches short film
- 5/27/20 VC Reporter – Power to Speak | Older former foster youth need community support now
- 6/8/20 Ventura County Business Journal – Local charities step up and provide a network of support for older transitional foster youth in need and in crisis now
- 6/19/20 KEYT News Channel 3 – Former Ventura County foster youth receives car donation
- 6/22/20 ABC 7 News – Teen surprised with car after having to quit job due to transportation
- 8/14/20 KEYT News Channel 3 – Hundreds of foster kids receive school supplies during drive- thru back to school bash
- 11/7/20 Simi Valley Acorn – Community support is topic of discussion at virtual Business with Heart event
- 1/13/19 Ventura Breeze – The teen and Foster VC Kids are sharing her story
- 3/8/19 NASW – Elevate is 2019 theme for National Social Work Month
- 4/2/19 Ventura County Business Journal – Spotlight on over 40 businesses supporting resource families in Ventura County
- 5/8/2019 Camarillo Acorn – Program benefits foster youths
- 7/19/19 Simi Valley Acorn – Resource parents help teens find themselves
- 7/24/19 VC Reporter – So Happy Together: New foster agency program focuses on reuniting families
- 2/20/18 Amigos 805 – Program connects foster youth and caregivers with local businesses; and is a timely boost for Ventura
- 3/22/18 Amigos 805 – Foster VC Kids: Urgent need for homes for children and teens, in the cities of Oxnard and Ventura
- 4/6/18 Gay Parent Magazine – National Foster Care Month
- 4/20/18 Santa Paula Times – Foster VC Kids Informational Town Hall Saturday to offset urgent need
- 5/15/18 VC Star – Businesses with Heart give Ventura County foster children a break
- 5/17/17 Fox 11 – News in Depth: Part 3 on Teen Foster Care
- 5/21/18 VC Star – Editorial: How business can help foster youth
- 6/28/18 VC Reporter – Local Heroes | Fostering healing and helping one another
- 8/5/18 Citizens Journal – Community Members Invited to an Inspirational and Informative Foster Care Summit on August 11th
- 11/7/18 Ventura Breeze – Jump in to help: Foster VC Kids
- 12/4/18 Amigos 805 – Foster VC Kids reminds interested community members there are many ways to help the 800 local foster youth
- 12/20/18 Amigos 805 – Teen shows resilience through her life-long foster experience; shares how finally having a home and family impacted her life
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES Foster Care Payment Date Change Letter
Update to Foster Care Payments, effective April 24, 2023, Ventura County will be migrating to a new benefit issuance system, CalSAWS. For the most part, these changes will be seamless for you, but you may experience some delays as our staff adjusts to the new system.
Videos
Strengthening VC Families Presents – Preserving our Families
2021– A gripping testimonial about the relationship between biological families and social workers, and the importance of protecting children and older youth by helping to strengthen biological families while walking alongside them on a journey towards reunification.
Businesses with Heart Informational Seminar
2020– This uplifting seminar educates the public about the benefits of becoming a Businesses with Heart partner and the many ways this amazing support from our local businesses can make a positive difference in the lives of children and older youth in care, along with resource families and others.
Homes with Heart VC Comfort Call
Becoming a resource family with Homes with Heart VC, a program of Ventura County Children and Family Services, is a unique opportunity for stable, committed, and loving adults to provide out of home care for children and youth temporary placed in out of home care due to difficult home situations by no fault of their own. Resource Families are relative caregivers and community homes who are approved to care for these children and youth. Resource families provide love, stability, nurturing, and comfort during difficult times and serve as the first step in a child and family’s journey towards healing and hope in the future.
Choose Love – Featuring Michael Sanders
2019 – Michael Sanders provides a motivational workshop to Ventura County social workers to inspire them to serve our families, children and especially teens. The film features a panel of inspiring former teens in care, a biological mother, and a resource parent who each share their uplifting stories.
