Happy Pride Month With Pride Month well underway, we at Camino a Casa by Casa Pacifica celebrate and encourage our youth to accept and celebrate their identities. But Pride month doesn’t just end with June—Camino a Casa works year-round with our youth from Santa Barbara and...
Pride Month is a time to acknowledge the struggles of the LGBTQ+ community, honor the activists who fought for the rights and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community, and those the community has lost to violence and mental illness. Camino a Casa works closely with youth and...
Nurses play an important role in society each and every day. And the Camino a Casa program is no exception. Our team of nurses and other health care providers provide quality medical care to youth in our Camino a Casa programs. Our on-site Medical Clinic...
What is Teen Dating Violence? In 2016 President Barack Obama made a presidential proclamation to make February National Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month to “recognize the urgency needed in addressing this problem and recommit to preventing it by educating our youth about its dangers and...
With 2022 just around the corner we reflect on a year full of changes and challenges for all of us all at Camino a Casa but at the same time celebrate the many accomplishments of this past year. Many of us, including our children and...
The holiday season is full of festivities and cheer, but for many children and youth the change from fall to winter brings about a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD is a form of major depression that occurs during seasonal changes and can...
The impact of COVID-19 on our daily routines and habits has been life changing. It’s led us into different ways of living, including how much time we spend together with some and how much time we spend apart from others. It’s especially impacted our time...