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2-1-1 Ventura County outlines Fillmore needs; local youth groups urge support for teen services
Summary
Kelly Brown of Interface Children and Family Services told the council 2-1-1 logged 395 Fillmore contacts in 2025 and identified housing, income support and legal services as top needs. Local youth-service providers described after-school programming, a computer-skills grant and ongoing food distributions.
Kelly Brown of Interface Children and Family Services reported to the Fillmore City Council that Ventura County 2-1-1 handled 395 calls or contacts from Fillmore residents in 2025, including 111 first-time callers. Brown said 51 callers were families with children under 5, 18 were at risk of homelessness and 30 were currently homeless when they contacted 2-1-1.
"Our 2-1-1 information and referral line has about 75,000 contacts per year for Ventura County," Brown said, adding that the countywide program handles roughly 300,000 incoming contacts by phone and text annually. She described 2-1-1’s ability to…
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