A Place to Grow

Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo County, founded in 1965, provides various community-based programs. It is a private, nonprofit, public benefit corporation, providing safety, emergency intervention and family development services. It serves more than 35,000 people in the San Luis Obispo County, Calif., and nine central and Southern California counties, including Santa Cruz, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, Monterey, Fresno, San Benito and San Joaquin. It provides health and nutritional services to individuals and families with low income. Its senior services include exercise and movement classes, cooking and gardening, storytelling, dancing, walks, current events discussions, reminiscing sessions, field trips, various games, and arts and crafts classes. In addition, the organization provides direct services parent education program to assist families in child abuse prevention. Its energy conservation services include home weatherization, home repair services, furnace repair and replacement, utility payment assistance, carbon monoxide testing and water heater replacement. Its administrative office is located in of San Luis Obispo.

San Luis Obispo Child Development Center a child abuse intervention, prevention, and treatment program for families The San Luis Obispo Child Development Center provides a special place for children and parents which has a feeling of family, safety, support, acceptance, and love. To assist families to be successful at work, at school, at home, in the community, and in life. The SLOCDC works in partnership with families by involving them as the most important people in their children's lives and basing the program on their needs as well as providing support groups. Overall they hope to assist families in their efforts to have positive, meaningful, and healthy family relationships.