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Ventura Unified highlights expanded social‑worker services supporting unhoused and at‑risk students
Summary
District staff updated the board on an expanded general‑education social‑worker program: an eight‑person team providing home visits, short‑term therapy, attendance interventions and community referrals, reporting 678 unhoused students served in 2024–25 and roughly 450 referrals from school sites.
Ventura Unified presented a detailed update on its general‑education licensed clinical social‑worker program, which staff said now operates as an eight‑person team delivering home visits, short‑term therapeutic services, case management and community referrals for students outside of IEP‑driven services.
Maria Lisaras, head of student support services, told trustees the program provides short‑term therapeutic interventions (typically six to eight sessions), conducts proactive outreach for unhoused…
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