Cabrillo College

Human Services Program

What Are Human Services??? Social Work

Counseling

Family Support

Housing

Mental Health Services

Program Management &Administration

Services to Older People

Drug & Alcohol Counseling

Family Wellness

Probation Officers

Veterans Services

Community Building

And

So Much MORE!!

Cabrillo HSERV Areas of Focus

General Human Services—beginning Social Work

Alcohol and Drug Studies— for State Certification Proposition 36: The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention

Act, 2000.

Accredited by California Association for Alcohol and Drug Educators (CAADE)

Combined Health and Human Services Approach Community Health Worker (need funding/units to launch)

Origins Summer, 2000

First two classes developed by a consortium of local Social Services employers including County of Santa Cruz, Human Services, Personnel and Mental Health Departments, EDD, Student Employment, Family Services and more.

Focus: Develop courses to build skills and educate future entry level employees for public and private Human Service Agencies

Students

Student Demographics:

4480 students since 2002 40 to 49: 959 21%

50+: 852 19%

20 to 24: 817 18%

25 to 29: 599 13%

30 to 34: 513 11%

35 to 39: 380 8%

18 & 19: 331 7%

17 & under: 29 .6%

40% = age 40 and above31% = age 20 to 29

Female: 3095 70%Male: 1381 30%Unknown: 4

Ethnicity African American: 109 2%

American Indian,

Alaskan Native: 52 1%

Asian: 58 1%

Hispanic: 1731 39%

Multi-Ethnicity: 92 2%

Pacific Islander: 16 .3%

Unknown: 171 3%

White/

Non-Hispanic: 2251 50%

InternshipsHuman Service students contribute more than $70,000* each semester in volunteer labor to Human Service Agencies in our community.

*U.S. Dept. of Labor

And they get jobs!

Cabrillo Students in the Field:Human Services Internships

Walnut Ave Women’s Center

La Manzana Family Resource Center

Live Oak Family Resource Center

Community Action Board

Homeless Services Center

Monarch Services

Homeless Garden Project

Janus: PerinatalProgram

Gemma

Second Harvest Food Bank

Grey Bears

Friday Night Live

Santa Cruz Aids Project

Jacob’s Heart

Friends Outside

Encompass PAPAS Program

Cabrillo P.E.E.R.S. Student

to Student Counseling

Cabrillo Foster Youth Program

Cabrillo EOPS Program

Suicide and Crisis Hotline

MHCAN

Community Connections

Santa Cruz Residential Recovery Program

Encompass Si Se Puede

Encompass Head Start Program

Student Challenges

Time management

Balancing work and family—Child care, especially

Textbook costs

Incorporating time into schedule for internships

Lack of computer access/literacy

Transportation

Graduates: MSW---LCSW

MA Counseling---MFT

UC Berkeley, CSUMB, SJ State

Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers

County Human Services

County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Friends Outside

Program Managers throughout the County:

The Camp

Janus Methadone Clinic Watsonville

Homeless Services Center

Rebele Family Shelter

Families in Transition

Sobering Center

Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance

Walnut Avenue Women’s Center

Program ChallengesLack of a dedicated classroom

The need for additional TU’s to help the program grow in response to employer and student need

Consistent with Future Trends

Future Trends Increased growth in the fields of

Mental Health Treatment

Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Services to an Aging Population

Human Services Management (succession)