New Beginnings and its programs have been featured locally and regionally in print, online, and broadcast media and nationally on NBC Nightly News, NPR, PBS, CNN and even the Larry King Show, among others. This page serves as an archive to all of our press articles.
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2021
Santa Barbara Independent – New Beginnings Hires Shana Burns, MFT as Clinical Director
KEYT – Hollywood Star Power Helps Raise Awareness and Open Doors for New Beginnings
KEYT – New Beginnings Puts the Spotlight on Rapid Rehousing Program
Santa Barbara Independent – Transforming the Lives of Women and their Infants
KSBY – Santa Maria Navy Veteran Gets Second Chance Thanks to Local Organization
Noozhawk – Sara Grasso to Direct Homeless Services at New Beginnings
Noozhawk – Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara Help New Beginnings Expand Safe Parking Program
Santa Barbara Independent – Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara Awards $750,000 to 10 Nonprofits
Santa Barbara Independent – From Four Wheels to Four Walls: Safe Parking Goes National
Santa Barbara News-Press – Rep. Carbajal Introduces Safe Parking Program Bill
KEYT – Rep. Carbajal Announces Naomi Schwartz Safe Parking Program Act
New York Times – I Lived in a Van to Write the Book Behind ‘Nomadland.’ The Fear is Real
Noozhawk – Carpinteria Exploring Potential Locations for Safe Parking Program
KEYT – Safe Parking Program Could be Coming to Carpinteria
Coastal View – Council Explores Safe Parking in Carpinteria
Santa Barbara News-Press – Carpinteria City Council to Consider Safe Parking
Santa Barbara News-Press – Lompoc City Council Approves Safe Parking Program (February)
Noozhawk – Safe Parking Program to Expand with New Home at City-Owned Site in Lompoc (February)
KEYT – Lompoc to Start Safe Parking Program (February)
Noozhawk – Safe Parking Program Could Expand to Lompoc (January)
Montecito Journal – New Beginnings Counseling Center (January)
Santa Barbara News-Press – New Beginnings Offers Clinical Training (January)
2020
Montecito Journal – The Giving List (December)
Noozhawk – New Beginnings Drives Effort to Provide Vehicular Homeless a Safe Place to Park (December)
Noozhawk – Veterans and Their Families Find Support They Need for New Beginnings (November)
Santa Maria Sun – Forge Your Path to New Beginnings (November)
Noozhawk – From Its Start, New Beginnings Counseling Center Has Adapted to Community Needs (November)
Santa Barbara News-Press: New Beginnings Receives a Grant of $16,000 from DVNF (November)
Noozhawk: New Beginnings Counseling Center Showcases Its Featured Fundraiser at the Drive-In (October)
Noozhawk – Local Mental Health Nonprofits Stepping Up to Help with COVID-19-Related Stress (May)
KEYT – New Beginnings See Spike in Food Needs Among Homeless Veterans, People Living in Cars (April)
Noozhawk – Nightly Safe Parking Program Expanding to North County for ‘Vehicular’ Homeless (March)
Edhat – Community Helps Decorate New Veteran Housing (Johnson Court) (February)
2019
Arnold Ventures – Affordable as the Defining Challenge (Research Article)
CNN – Living in her car, she was afraid and harassed. Then she found an unexpected refuge (December)
Montecito Journal – Coverage of Annual Fundraiser and Agency (November)
Department of Veterans Affairs – VA Homeless Veterans Outreach Article Featuring SSVF (May)
Santa Barbara News-Press – Veteran Who Helps Others Who Served Earns Major Honor (May)
Channel News Asia – More Homeless Americans Living in Cars (April)
Santa Barbara Independent – Short-Changing Homeless Programs Spells Doom (January)
2018
Montecito Journal – Ford Tough: Center Celebrates 50th (October)
CARF International – Program repurposes empty parking lots to serve homeless population (April)
Le Monde – Fr- Aux Etats-Unis, des parkings pour Les victimes de la crises du Logement (March)
CNN- Helping America’s mobile homeless (March)
Mountain View Voice- Safe parking: City looks to Santa Barbara (March)
Mountain View Voice- Churches to offer safe parking for RV dwellers (March)
Curbed- High Housing Costs and Long Commutes Drive More Workers to Sleep in Cars (March)
Noozhawk- Care Bags Donated to Help Homeless Seniors (March)
89.33 KPCC- LA church greenlights overnight parking for some homeless (March)
KCLU- How To Cope With Impacts Of Flooding And Fire That Are Hitting South Coast (January)
Financial Buzz- Residents Live in Cars Due to Housing Crisis in California (January)
2017
American Thinker- How the homeless in Los Angeles spent Christmas (December)
Mercury News- Bay Area cities face growing crisis as RVs become homes of last resort (December)
Daily Democrat- California housing crises drives people to live in their RVs (December)
KEYT- Veterans recommended for jobs by retired Army Colonel in Santa Barbara (November)
Noozhawk – Self-sufficiency Program Grads Celebrate with Community Partners (November)
Noozhawk – Carbajal Bill Seeks to Clear Housing Obstacle for Disabled Vets (November)
Noozhawk – New Beginnings Honors Glenn and Amy Bacheller as 2017 ‘Community Champions’ (October)
Santa Barbara Independent – City Ordinance Against Oversized Vehicles Takes Effect (September)
AARP – Where We Live, Help When a Car is Also a Home (August)
Santa Ynez Valley News – County Probation Department receives $975K grant to assist veterans (July)
KEYT – Non-Profit Seeks Daytime Parking Spaces for People Living in Oversized Vehicles (March)
Noozhawk – Why Basic Items Are Needed Items, Even in Santa Barbara County (March)
Santa Barbara Independent – Daytime Parking Sought by Shelter Program (March)
Noozhawk – Healthy Turnout at Franklin Center Fitness Fair (March)
KEYT – Non-profit seeks daytime parking spaces for people living in oversized vehicles (March)
Moyers & Company – Homeless in the Shadows of Santa Barbara’s Mansions (February)
Noozhawk – Project Seeks Better Access to Health Care for MediCal Recipients (January)
2016
Capital & Main – Safe Parking for Santa Barbara’s Homeless (December)
The Nation – Homeless in the Shadow of Santa Barbara’s Mansions (December)
KEYT – Safe Program Extends Helping Hand to Seniors Living in their Cars (November)
Santa Barbara News-Press – Homeless Veteran Out of Luck Even Before RV Ban Corrected (October)
Montecito Journal – Seen Around Town: New Beginnings Changing Lives Gala (October)
Santa Barbara Independent – Nothing EZ About Living In an RV (September)
NPR – For Some Seniors Without Housing, A Parking Lot Is Home (September)
Noozhawk – VetNet Collaboration Helps Local Veterans Access Crucial Resources (September)
California Health Report- Safe Parking Programs Offer a Respite for the Homeless (August)
Montecito Journal, – Seen Around Town: New Beginnings Salute to Lois Capps (August)
Noozhawk – New Beginnings Counseling Center Pays Tribute to Rep. Capps, Photos From the Event (July)
Noozhawk – New Beginnings Counseling Center Salutes Congresswoman Lois Capps (July)
Santa Barbara Independent – New Beginnings Counseling Center and Lois Capps Salute Each Other (July)
Mountain View Voice – Car-dwelling homeless inspire church copycats (March)
2015
Noozhawk – New Beginnings Counseling Center Receives Outstanding Community Partner Award
Montecito Journal – Seen Around Town: New Beginnings Changing Lives Gala (November)
2014
Al Jazeera America – Mobile homes: Many ‘hidden homeless’ Americans living in vehicles (October)
2013
KEYT – New Beginnings Safe Parking Program Helps Those Living in Vehicles (November)
2012
Noozhawk – Housing Authority Program Helps Local Families Achieve ‘Self-Sufficiency’ (November)
ABC – Expensive Cities Allowing People to Sleep in their Cars (September)
Santa Barbara Independent – Evicted Low Income Tenants Look for New Homes (May)
Goleta Likely to Allow RV Camping (April)
2008
AARP Bulletin-Why Are More Older Americans Sleeping in Their Cars (October)
The Guardian – Sleeping Rough in Santa Barbara (June)
2007