New Beginnings’ Safe Parking program turned 20 earlier this year, a milestone you need to celebrate. On the other hand, […more…]

Family Service Agency (FSA) of Santa Barbara County, also known as Santa Maria Valley Youth and Family Center and Guadalupe’s […more…]

Seniors experiencing depression or related mental health challenges have a new resource to help them retain their independence and improve […more…]

New Beginnings has an ambitious and lofty goal for 2025: ending veteran homelessness in Santa Barbara County. It’s not a […more…]

Family Service Agency’s (FSA) work is the very stuff that powers a vibrant community from within and makes it whole. […more…]

When New Beginnings began serving Santa Barbara as a nonprofit half a century ago, providing confidential, therapeutic psychological testing, assessment, […more…]

New Beginnings Executive Director Kristine Schwarz swung into action after learning that a nursing home was about to release one […more…]

Across Santa Barbara County, as is true around the country, more children and adolescents are experiencing challenges to emotional well-being, […more…]

Family Service Agency (FSA) of Santa Barbara County announced that it has voted in a new slate of leadership for […more…]

Family Service Agency Advocates for Mental Wellness May is the time to raise awareness of those living with mental or […more…]

Virtual and In-Person Presentations on Thursday, May 12 Coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Family Service Agency (FSA) […more…]

“What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours,” Dinah Washington sang in 1959. “What a difference a day made, […more…]

On any given weekday, as many as 100 community members living with mental illness enter through the blue doors and […more…]

Family Service Agency is a Santa Barbara institution, as much a part of local history as major landmarks like the […more…]

Mariela Marin gets anxious any time they look at the waitlist of people seeking mental health services. On a typical […more…]

It’s just a coincidence that World Mental Health Day falls right in the middle of the circulation for this week’s […more…]

Jon Clark has been named to the CALM (Child Abuse Listening Mediation) Board of Trustees. He will be instrumental in […more…]

Throughout the pandemic, many people who had never experienced mental health challenges found themselves struggling for the first time. If […more…]

When COVID-19 first closed down in-person meetings, everyone hurried to figure out online opportunities. But New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC) […more…]

My parents, Michael and Gail Towbes, moved to Santa Barbara County in 1957, and from the beginning, they were deeply […more…]

While New Beginnings’ work began with its counseling services more than 50 years ago, it has grown into a countywide […more…]