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More folks are living in cars, federal cuts to social services are putting local people at risk of losing their homes, and new resources are available to help prevent homelessness. Those are the main takeaways from S.B. ACT’s June 8 All-Hands meeting.
S.B. ACT, or Santa Barbara Advancing Collective Transformation, is a nonprofit that coordinates social services for people experiencing homelessness. About 40 people, including folks working to prevent and address housing insecurity, city employees, unhoused folks, and business owners, met in First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara for Monday’s meeting…