Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 823,318. The county seat is Ventura.
Ventura County comprises the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is also considered the southernmost county along the California Central Coast.
Please see our Guide to County Resource Organizations page a brief description of the following organizations.
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Executive Director: Omar Noorzad, Ph.D.
Phone: 805-962-7881
TTY: N/A
Fax: 805-884-7229
Early Start Intake: 800-456-4153
Address: 520 East Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103-3278
Counties Served: San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties
2401 E. Gonzalez Road, #100
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 485-9643
5100 Adolfo Road
Camarillo, CA 93012
805-437-1561 (direct)
805-437-1560 (main office)
221 E. Ventura Blvd.
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 832-0715
M-F: 10-5
Services in English, Spanish
Cindy Escobar
5100 Adolfo Road
Camarillo, CA 93012
Phone: 805-437-1510
Fax: 805-437-1515
Email: cescobar@vcoe.org
1363 Donlon St., Suite #10
Ventura, CA 93003
805-648-9990
assistant@first5ventura.org
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 4:00 pm & by appointment
5189 Verdugo Way
Camarillo, CA 93012-8603
(805) 383-1902
221 East Ventura Boulevard
Oxnard, CA 93036
805-485-7878 x522
Phone: 805-485-9643
Rainbow Connection Family Resource and Empowerment Center Website
2580 North First Street, Suite 240
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 324-2106
centralcoast@scdd.ca.gov
Serves: Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Ventura Counties
Catalyst Kids, Harrington is operated by Catalyst Family Inc., a nonprofit that provides responsive services to communities, children, and families, in various regions of California. In Ventura County, there are 16 Catalyst Kids centers that serve toddlers to school-aged children. Catalyst Kids staff implement a Positive Behavior Support Process that was based on the CA Teaching Pyramid framework to support children exhibiting challenging behaviors and other social-emotional needs.
Catalyst Kids, Harrington houses 1 preschool classroom serving 24 preschool children. They provide a part-day preschool program (California State Preschool Program) and an Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P).
They began implementing the CA Teaching Pyramid in 2012, and became a Partner Site in 2013. They have seen that consistent leadership keeps the Teaching Pyramid alive. Staffing has changed so much, but the program leader’s commitment to implementing the CA Teaching Pyramid is still strong.