The Santa Clarita Elks Lodge has recently donated 300 backpacks to the Child and Family Center for the new school year in order to help families in need.  The Santa Clarita Elks Lodge 2379 has donated 300 backpacks filled with school supplies to students served by the Child & Family Center in Santa Clarita.  “I know the families are so ...

L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, partnered with the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center (SDFHC), awarding funds to support local domestic violence victim services. Services include emergency room follow-up care, physicals, immunizations, oral healthcare, and referrals to specialty providers supporting over 900 children and 15,000 other individuals. “We are very thankful to Supervisor Kathryn Barger and the partnership we have with ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Child & Family Center held its annual board installation on Tuesday at Sand Canyon Country Club. Stephanie English, Senior Field Deputy, Los Angeles County 5th District office, Supervisor Kathryn Barger, installed the new officers for the 2023/24 fiscal year and our newest incoming board member. This was the first in-person Board Installation since 2019, due to ...

The Child & Family Center received the Nonprofit Organization of the Year from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)  at a ceremony held on April 11 at the William S. Hart School District in Santa Clarita.  “This award recognizes the decades of work in our community by our dedicated and caring clinical staff. We provide over 900 services each ...

The Child & Family Center and Santa Clarita Disaster Coalition are working together to help families who have gone through a disaster.  The Child & Family Center and the Santa Clarita Disaster Coalition (SCDC) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to fill the gap for mental health services when a disaster strikes in Santa Clarita.  “Our arrangement is ...

The Child and Family Center has been awarded one of four unrestricted operating grants of $250,000 from the Everychild Foundation.  For over 20 years, the foundation has awarded a single $1 million grant each year to Agencies in the Los Angeles area who support children in need– in ways involving their safety, physical health, mental well-being, education, access, inclusiveness, and ...

Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley’s Sheriff’s Station released a statement Friday which defined domestic abuse and provided resources for victim support in Santa Clarita. Domestic violence is defined as a form of battery committed by a spouse, a person with whom the victim is living with, a person who is the parent of the victim’s child, former spouse, fiancé, ...

The annual Taste of the Town fundraising event, hosted by the Child & Family Center, is slated to return to the Santa Clarita Valley in May to share local flavor with the community. On May 2, the Santa Clarita Valley’s Taste of the Town annual event is scheduled to be hosted by the Child & Family Center, and plans to ...

The Santa Clarita Child & Family Center held its annual board installation on Thursday.   Due to the pandemic, the ceremony was held virtually during the organization’s monthly board meeting. Assemblywoman Christy Smith installed both the new officers for the 2020/21 fiscal year and four incoming board members. The executive board members for the upcoming year are Cheri Fleming, chair; Marc ...

Officials with the Child & Family Center announced Friday that their annual Taste of the Town fundraiser for 2020 has been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The center released a letter signed by CEO Joan Aschoff, PsyD, and Board of Directors Chair Cheri Fleming to supporters Friday announcing the cancellation. “We were hoping that postponing the date ...