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CALM

calm4kids.org
Phone: (805) 965-2376 ext 150
Director of Development: Ashlyn McCague

Mission

For 50 years, CALM has been on the cutting edge of childhood trauma treatment and prevention. CALM has led the nonprofit community in adopting evidence-based practices in our treatment and prevention models and using assessment and data to evaluate our effectiveness and improve our work.
CALM staff and dedicated volunteers share a common vision of supporting every family in our community so that every child thrives.

Begin to Build a Relationship

We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.

Building a Thriving Community

I have chosen to support CALM because I feel a responsibility to our community, to ensure no child in Santa Barbara County grows up thinking trauma is a way of life. We all have a choice between contemplation and action. I choose to act and strengthen this community for generations.
Andrew Fitzgerald, Past Board Chair

More Support Means More Families Helped

• $100: Stock a therapy room with art and play therapy materials
• $500: Provide community trainings that teach adults to respond to trauma
• $1,000: Provide 5 home visits to help new parents build a nurturing foundation
• $2,500: Bring CALM consultation to an overwhelmed preschool classroom
• $5,000: Make the healing journey possible for a child who has experienced trauma

Any donation to CALM is an investment in the well-being of our community, sustaining the trauma-informed care that has changed the trajectory for families since 1970.

Key Supporters

James S. Bower Foundation
Patricia Bragg Foundation
Wood-Claeyssens Foundation
Belle Hahn
Steve Lyons
John C. Mithun Foundation
Overall Family Foundation
Nanette and Henry Nevins
The Salin/Woloshyn Family Fund
Harte Family Fund
The Towbes Foundation