Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is a county located in the southern portion of the state of California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria.
Santa Barbara County comprises the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the county is part of the California Central Coast. Mainstays of the countyÕs economy include engineering, resource extraction (particularly petroleum extraction and diatomaceous earth mining), winemaking, agriculture, and education. The software development and tourism industries are important employers in the southern part of the county.
Southern Santa Barbara County is sometimes considered the northern cultural boundary of Southern California.
Please see our Guide to County Resource Organizations page a brief description of the following organizations.
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520 East Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103-3278
Phone: (800) 322-6994 or (805) 962-7881
Fax: (805) 884-7229
Website: http://www.tri-counties.org
Areas Served: San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties
4501 Cathedral Oaks Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone: 805-683-2145 | 877-414-6227
Fax: 805-967-3647
Website: http://www.alphasb.org
401 N Fairview Avenue
Goleta, CA 93117
Phone: 805-683-1424
124 Carmen Lane, Suite C
Santa Barbara, CA 93458
Referral: 805-962-8988
Fax: 805-962-2561
Website: http://www.sbfcc.org
4400 Cathedral Oaks Road
P. O. Box 6307
Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6307
Phone: 805-964-4711
1306 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805-884-8085
Fax: 805-564-8586
Website: http://www.first5santabarbaracounty.org
4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1042
Phone: 408-453-6500
Website: http://www.sbceo.org
5638 Hollister Avenue, Suite 230
Goleta, CA 93117
Phone: 805-964-8857
Website: http://www.cacsb.com
Zaca Center Preschool began serving children in February 1996. It is an inclusion preschool site providing full-day, half-day, and three-quarter day programs serving children ages 2 to 5 years old. Zaca Center Preschool is one-site consisting of 4 different classrooms. Their philosophy is “learning is a natural on-going process.” Their goal is to create an environment that is “nurturing, secure, and supportive.” They have been implementing the Ca Teaching Pyramid framework since 2019 and became a CA Teaching Pyramid Partner Site in 2021.
Unique implementation of the Pyramid Framework happens first thing in the morning with social-emotional group time using the Teaching Pyramid Materials…Book Nooks, Backpacks and materials from the Teaching Pyramid Kit. This helps to start our day on a positive note—and gives children strategies to use throughout the day sharing expectations, conflict resolution, etc… We also support our parents by providing materials to use at home such as calming kits, picture schedules, social stories.