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211 Ventura reports 2,100 local calls in 2024 and offers disaster, housing and ride assistance
Summary
Interface Children & Family Services updated the council on the countywide 211 information-and-referral system: 58,000 unique Ventura County residents contacted 211 in 2024 and 2,100 calls came from Simi Valley; housing remains the leading inquiry category.
Interface Children & Family Services Executive Director Eric Sturnad told the Simi Valley City Council on Tuesday that Ventura County's 211 information-and-referral system handled roughly 58,000 unique residents' contacts in 2024 and that the 211 website had more than 100,000 searches. He said the program curates more than 2,000 health and human services entries and connects callers to resources by phone, text and web.
Sturnad said 2,100 calls came from Simi Valley residents in 2024 and that housing was by far the leading reason people contacted 211. "Housing is always the number one reason why people are…
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