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Welcome to the County of Santa Barbara Commission for Women’s website!

The Commission for Women seeks to promote equal status and well-being for women in Santa Barbara County. Our goal is to share resources and information among districts, to keep women's issues visible by actively reaching out to agencies and non-profit organizations, to be a visible presence and voice within our districts, and to communicate to the Board of Supervisors about women's issues in order to affect positive change in the lives of Santa Barbara County residents.

Our general monthly meetings are open to the public. Any group which would like to make a presentation to the Commission should contact the EEO office at 805-568-3410 to be added to the agenda. We encourage groups which work with women and girls to use our website as a centralized source of information. Submissions may be made by email; awonderly@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Our ccommission is made up of energetic and committed women, who are active community members from each of the five supervisorial districts. We invite you to consider applying to your local supervisor to serve as a commissioner.

This year we will focus on the issues of foster and transitional care, and educational issues surrounding science, technology, engineering and math education among the under served populations of our county. In addressing the issue of foster and transitional care, we are working toward helping young women and children who find themselves among the most vulnerable of our county. In education, we will encourage the love of science and math based education among younger students. We will continue to provide emergency resource information and to recognize excellence in service groups which assist women, especially those women with the greatest needs. We will continue to work in conjunction with the California Commission on the Status of Women, the Association of California Commissions for Women and the National Association of Commissions for Women.

Thank you for visiting our web site!

Lisa Walters
Chair, 2010-2011