OUR MISSION
Transition House is dedicated to the solution of family homelessness in the Santa Barbara community. Capable and motivated families with children are offered life tools and respectful, non-sectarian residential services designed to alleviate poverty and restore self-sufficiency and dignity.
Transition House’s history is a powerful and inspiring story of community members coming together to address the social injustice of homelessness in their town. This was no small effort.
Because of the generosity of the community, Transition House is able to transform the lives of thousands of local families. We are dedicated to solving family homelessness in the Santa Barbara area, one family at a time.
Transition House’s Family Support Center is FREE and OPEN to the community! We offer free evening classes including English as a Second Language, Parenting, Job Club Workshop, Financial Literacy Workshops, as well as an Open Computer Lab.
The vast majority of shelter families came from the Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria areas.
Children from the shelter, our other housing locations, and from the community participated in a variety of our programs.
Nearly all parents gained, maintained, or increased employment income while in our program.
The majority of families succeed in transitioning to stable housing.
Transition House conducts ongoing programs for homeless children who are living at our emergency shelter, or past clients depending on need.
Our children’s program includes:
