Interface takes a family-systems and community-wide approach to intervention and prevention with a range of programs encompassing emergency and crisis response, safe shelter, mental health, education, family resources, and homelessness intervention and prevention.
Learn more about our departments and programs below.
My Body Belongs To Me
A personal safety and child abuse prevention program for preschool and elementary school-aged children and their families. The program educates and empowers children in a non-threatening way so they may be better equipped to avoid abuse.
Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Provides school-based prevention programming to high school students throughout Ventura County. Presentation topics include discussions of the various forms of dating violence, including emotional, verbal, digital, and physical abuse, and encourages teens to develop healthy communication skills and relationships.
Family Violence Response Team
Advocates staff the hotline 24/7 and can provide: crisis counseling, safety planning, referrals, restraining order assistance, and in-person advocate response for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. HOTLINE: 1.800.636.6738.
Safe Journey Transitional Shelter
Transitional, supportive living for survivors of domestic violence who have completed a stay in an emergency shelter. Clients can receive case management and counseling services which aim to assist them in the healing process and encourage growth, independence, and self-sufficiency.
Safe Haven Emergency Shelter
30-day emergency shelter for survivors fleeing domestic violence. Clients who enter our shelter can receive case management, counseling, restraining order assistance, advocacy, and supportive services
Parenting, Art & Support Groups
Free, safe, and supportive groups for survivors and families impacted by domestic violence. Groups include: Triple P, an evidence-based parenting group focused on preventing and addressing behavioral and emotional challenges in children 0-12; A Window Between Worlds, an art-based program centered on trauma-informed approaches to healing and recovery; Support Group, a weekly ongoing psychoeducational group for survivors. Call the 24/7 hotline for additional information 1.800.636.6738.
Community Awareness & Outreach
Community awareness and outreach are provided through presentations, informational booths and resources free of charge on topics related to family violence prevention. Our outreach staff and volunteers speak at schools/universities, faith centers, places of employment, medical facilities, law enforcement agencies, health fairs and community events.
Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Interface belongs to a coalition of local agencies and organizations partnering to prevent, prosecute, properly identify victims, and provide victim services to combat the issue of trafficking locally.
Crisis Response
Immediate, in-person response is available when requested by law enforcement or medical providers, to emotionally support adult survivors of sex and/or labor trafficking (both U.S. born and foreign nationals).
Community-Based Advocacy
In-person support and advocacy to help each survivor establish safety, work towards healing from their trauma and achieving self-sufficiency.
Emergency Shelter
A trauma-informed, and confidential shelter for adult survivors of trafficking.
Training and Outreach
Training and technical assistance is available for medical professionals, law enforcement, hospitality providers, and other community agencies.
Triple P: Positive Parenting Program
Evidence-based model for parents of children up to age 12 to enhance parenting skills with challenging child behaviors and improve parent/child relationship. Individual, group, and seminar interventions are offered.
Trauma Responsive Treatment
Specialty mental health services focused on trauma recovery are provided to individuals over the age of 18 who have experienced domestic violence or human trafficking.
Child Abuse Treatment (CHAT)
Therapeutic services are provided to the child up to age 18 focused on recovery from victimization and trauma.
Program to Evaluate and Treat Sexual Abuse (PETSA)
An individual, family, and group treatment model which includes a comprehensive trauma assessment and treatment. Services focus on the child victim of sexual abuse and their non-offending family members.
Child & Youth Emotional Wellness (Infancy-21 years)
Individual and family therapy provided at Interface Community Service Sites throughout Ventura county, schools, and telehealth to improve social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral health.
Youth Justice Prevention and Early Intervention Services
LIFT X (Lead. Inspire. Focus. Transform.)
LIFT X is a countywide youth diversion and prevention program designed to help young people ages 12–17 build the skills, relationships, and support systems they need to make positive choices and move forward successfully.
Through individualized case management, mentoring, skill-building, family support, and connections to community resources, LIFT X works alongside youth and their families to identify strengths, address challenges, and create meaningful goals for success. Services are individualized to each young person and may focus on areas such as decision-making, emotional regulation, communication, conflict resolution, school engagement, and positive relationships.
LIFT X serves youth referred through Ventura County Probation and law enforcement, as well as youth identified by schools and community partners who may benefit from additional support or an alternative to suspension. By providing early, community-based intervention, LIFT X helps young people address challenges before they escalate and creates opportunities for accountability, growth, and positive change.
Our Youth Case Managers are embedded throughout Ventura County, working in partnership with schools, families, probation, law enforcement, and community organizations to make services accessible where youth live, learn, and connect.
Proposition 47 Diversion
The Ventura County Proposition 47 Project is a collaborative diversion initiative connecting justice-involved individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges with housing, treatment, and supportive services. Through a strong partnership among the Ventura County Public Defender’s Office, Ventura County Superior Court, Interface Children & Family Services, and other community and justice-system partners, the program addresses barriers to stability while creating meaningful opportunities for recovery, successful community reintegration, and reduced future justice-system involvement.
Funded through the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Proposition 47 Grant Program, this initiative invests Proposition 47 resources into prevention, treatment, and supportive services for individuals impacted by the justice system.
Youth Shelter
Temporary shelter for transitional aged youth 12-17 who have been referred and are or at-risk of experiencing homelessness.
Street Outreach Program
SOP works with runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth in Ventura County ages 12-24.
Ventura County Crisis Team
In case of a mental health emergency – a suicidal child or teen; a child or teen who wants to hurt him/herself or hurt others; OR an out of control child or teen. Services are connected via Youth Outreach Line for help with shelter/housing assessments, family mediation, emancipation information, case management, and other youth-specific resource information.
Youth Outreach Line
Interface’s Youth Outreach Line connects youth and teens to services and help with shelter/housing assessments, family mediation, emancipation information, case management, and other youth-specific resource information.
211 Information & Assistance
Interface 211 Ventura County is a comprehensive information and referral service for Ventura County that connects over 30,000 Ventura County callers and texters each year to information about health and human services available to them.
Visit 211ventura.org for support online or call 211. Our staff is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide service in more than 150 languages.
