Ventura County District Attorney’s Office

October 11, 2018, 6:11 pm

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Ventura County District Attorney, Greg Totten and Crime Victim’s Assistance Program Supervisor, Rachael Watkins, speak with Sandra Siepak of Our Ventura TV about the role of their office and service to Ventura County, as well as the Crime Victims’ Assistance Unit.

The mission of the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office is to promote justice and protect the people of the County of Ventura and the State of California by aggressively and fairly prosecuting those who violate the law.

The Crime Victims’ Assistance Unit functions to guide victims through the criminal justice process, to ensure victims’ rights are honored, and to assist victims in obtaining services to help them cope with the trauma they have suffered. Through the efforts of a dedicated team of Victim Advocates, the Victims’ Assistance Unit provides comprehensive services to victims of all types of crime.

Advocates accompany victims to court, provide a supportive ear, and display a calm strength to help victims get through court proceedings that can be frightening and highly emotional.

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The Imperfect, But Present Parent

October 15, 2018, 1:31 pm

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Dr. Antonio Harrison, founder of Renaissance Behavior, speaks with Sandra Siepak about parenting and about dads playing a bigger role in raising kids today.

Dr. Harrison has a purpose to help parents, and especially dads, build positive relationships with their children.

He has a message to foster positive relationships through honesty, respect, trust, and communication.

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Helping Others Transition Through Death

November 3, 2018, 3:51 pm

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Dina Pielaet speaks with MB Hanrahan about being an end-of-life doula.

A doula is a woman who assists another woman during labor and provides support to her, the infant, and the family after childbirth.

Pielaet describes an end-of-life doula as someone who helps a person transition in death and thus provide a new birth for their soul.

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Gold Coast Veterans Foundation

November 7, 2018, 3:14 pm

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Ron Greenwood speaks with Sandra Siepak about the The Gold Coast Veterans Foundation (GCVF), which is a non-profit organization that connects veterans to housing, jobs, and earned benefits.

In partnership with an affiliated nonprofit, The Veterans Connection, they provide resources that include: job-readiness training; claims information; connections to health care; and take-home items such as food, clothing, as well as home health care equipment.

The Gold Coast Veterans Foundation is the largest non-profit serving veterans and their families in the tri-county area.

Their mission is to improve the quality of life for veterans and their families in the tri-county areas of California’s Gold Coast.

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Ventura County Library System

November 21, 2018, 5:38 pm

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Nancy Schram, Director of the Ventura County library system, speaks with Sandra Siepak.
She discusses the 12 libraries in the county with over 450,000 print items.

Schram notes that the library mission to provide access to information has never changed. However, modern libraries, such as the Ventura County library system, offer more.

Some of the library services highlighted in the discussion include an adult literacy program, early childhood literacy program, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) and maker programs, as well as access to technology including computers and wifi.

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Disability Awareness

December 9, 2018, 8:01 am

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Carol Leish speak with Sandra Siepak about disability awareness.

Leish is a motivational speaker, writer and trainer, teaching and working with Social Service agencies. Her programs offer insight into the world of the physically, mentally and learning challenged person, because she is speaking from her own personal experiences.

As a child, Leish sustained speech and vision disabilities as a result of an auto accident. Instead of focusing on her injuries, she chose to focus on her abilities and strengths.

Leish graduated from CSU, San Bernadino, with a 3.6 GPA, earning her Masters degree in Education and Counseling. She went on to teach at San Bernadino in City schools, and worked for a variety of non-profit organizations.

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Succeeding via The Special Olympics

December 14, 2018, 7:07 am

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Tim Ballaret speaks with Sandra Siepak about The Special Olympics in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County areas.

The Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to 5 million athletes and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. Special Olympics competitions are held every day, all around the world—including local, national and regional competitions, adding up to more than 100,000 events a year. Like the International Paralympic Committee, the Special Olympics organization is recognized by the International Olympic Committee; however, unlike the Paralympic Games, Special Olympics World Games are not held in the same year or in conjunction with the Olympic Games.

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Director: Michelle Hoover

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Ventura County Safety Tips

December 20, 2018, 7:30 am

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Ventura County Deputy Sheriff, Julie Novak, speaks with Bob Taylor about safety tips.

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Beginning Your Own Business

December 26, 2018, 1:52 pm

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Adelheid Waumboldt speaks with Sandra Siepak about raising capital, starting a business and being an entrepreneur.

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Nonprofit Ventura County Home Buying Assistance

December 28, 2018, 3:28 pm

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Alex Vega speaks with Sandra Siepak about the nonprofit, Ventura County Community Development Corporation (VCCDC), which was established in 2001. Their goal is to help first-time, low to moderate income-earners buy a home.

Vega discusses the opportunity for 3% down payments and down payment assistance, as well as partially forgivable loans for down payments.

He also discusses their Creating A Stable Home (CASH) program, which is a coaching curriculum to help guide people towards gaining a better chance of buying their first home.

Vega talks about the Community Reninvestment Act (CRA) program, which is regulation that requires banks to benefit qualified home owners by ensuring more of their money goes to their loan, as opposed to mortgage insurance.

For many people, the Down Payment Assistance (DPA) program is a key component for low to moderate income buyers. It makes the difference between whether they get the loan or not.

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Ending Homelessness: The Ventura County Continuum of Care Alliance

January 3, 2019, 11:11 am

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Tara Carruth speaks with Bob Taylor about the Ventura County Continuum of Care Alliance, which has a purpose to end homelessness in Ventura County.

Their mission statement is to be “a collaborative group dedicated to promoting a safe, desirable and thriving community by ending homelessness in Ventura County.”

Additional information from their website states the following:

They invest in evidence-based, results-driven and client-focused systems of support that integrate practices, procedures, and services within and across public and private agencies, programs, and policies.

People experiencing homelessness require very affordable and permanent housing solutions as quickly as possible and then services as needed.

They start with and build upon the skills, strengths, and positive characteristics of each person.

Homelessness is a complex, high-risk and individualized condition, not a character trait. Recognize that most people experiencing homelessness have experienced trauma, and build relationships, responses, and services on that knowledge.

They seek to reduce the effects of risky behavior in the short-term and eliminate its effects in the long-term.

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Legislating CA Fire Safety and Gender Equality

January 7, 2019, 3:33 pm

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Hannah-Beth Jackson (D) is a California State Senator, representing the 19th Senate District, which encompasses Santa Barbara County and most of Ventura County.

In this interview with Sandra Siepak, Jackson speaks about CA wildfires and her legislation to provide greater safety to residents and reduce the potential for fires.

She also speaks about her efforts to support women in the work place, specifically regarding equal pay for women and to reduce sexual harassment in the work place.

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The Boys and Girls Club of Camarillo

January 14, 2019, 4:27 pm

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Roberto Martinez discusses the Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo with Bob Taylor.

The group was founded in 1967 and is open to all youth between the ages of six and eighteen, regardless of where they live or their ability to pay.

They offer affordable rates as well as scholarships and even transportation from local schools to the Club. No one is ever turned away for financial reasons.

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Working to Make Homelessness Rare, Brief and Nonrecurring

January 22, 2019, 6:45 pm

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Tara Carruth, from the Ventura County Executive Office, speaks with Bob Taylor about the VC Continuum of Care, which has a mission to end homelessness.

Carruth discusses various programs in Ventura County, as well as coordination with nonprofits and community service organizations who work together to help those who are homeless in the county.

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Director: Michelle Hoover

Associate Director: Bill O’Connor

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What is Kiwanis and The Key Club?

January 26, 2019, 11:49 am

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Brad Dykes and Bart Bleuel speak with Sandra Siepak about Kiwanis and The Key Club.

Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915. Kiwanis Ventura started in 1925.

A service club or service organization is a voluntary non-profit organization where members meet regularly to perform charitable works either by direct hands-on efforts or by raising money for other organizations. A service club is defined firstly by its service mission and secondly its membership benefits, such as social occasions, networking, and personal growth opportunities that encourage involvement.

The mission of Kiwanis is serving the children of the world as an international service organization and the mission of Kiwanis Ventura is serving the children of Ventura.

We raise money for the community and invtest that money in the community to help children.

They also discuss Key Club International, which is the oldest and largest student-led service program for high school students. Key Club promotes leadership through serving others and they work in partnership with their local Kiwanis club, high school students are making a positive impact as they serve others in their schools and communities.

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Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County

February 2, 2019, 5:31 am

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Jill Shaffer speaks with Sandra Siepak about Habitat for Humanity in Ventura County.

The local organization desires a county where everyone has a safe, decent place to live. They build and sell affordable homes, provide low-cost home repairs, offer financial education, and advocate for policies that create more housing for struggling families.

With the help of partners they help working families realize the dream of homeownership.

The local organization is a part of Habitat for Humanity International, which is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization, founded in 1976, by Linda and Millard Fuller.

The international organization has been devoted to building “simple, decent, and affordable” housing, a self-described “Christian housing ministry,” and has addressed the issues of poverty housing all over the world.

The international operational headquarters are located in Americus, Georgia, United States, with the administrative headquarters located in Atlanta.

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Girls Inc.

February 5, 2019, 1:35 am

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Yvana Velasco and Jessica Wetzel speak with Sandra Siepak about Girl Inc.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria is a member of Girls Incorporated, a national research, education and direct advocacy organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

With local roots dating to 1864 and national status since 1945, Girls Inc. has responded to the changing needs of girls and their communities through research-based programs and advocacy that empower girls to reach their full potential and to understand, value, and assert their rights.

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Project Understanding: Giving a Hand Up, Not a Handout

February 11, 2019, 4:26 pm

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Tom Hilton speaks with Sandra Siepak about Project Understanding.

Project Understanding provides hope by developing and directing resources for the purpose of transforming lives and community through justice, mercy and compassion.

Project Understanding had its beginnings more than forty years ago when the people of the faith community stepped forward to make a difference in the lives of those around them.

Project Understanding is structured to help people in need make it through tough times by assisting with food, housing and tutoring.

Hilton discusses the relationship between FoodShare and Project Understanding and their ongoing program of feeding people who don’t make enough money to afford food. (Only a small percentage are homeless).

He also talks about supportive housing and rental assistance to help people get back on their feet as well as their tutoring program.

Hilton highlights that Project Understanding helps people by giving a hand up, not a handout.

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League of Women Voters of Ventura County

February 17, 2019, 6:24 pm

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Pat Essick and Betsy Patterson speak with Sandra Siepak about the League of Women Voters.

The League of Women Voters, founded in 1920 after ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, is a non-partisan political organization dedicated to empowering voters & defending democracy, by registering voters, educating the public about issues and elections so they can vote wisely as well as advocating for issues on which the League has developed a position.

The League does not support or oppose any particular candidate or political party.

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The Independent Living Resource Center

March 3, 2019, 8:59 am

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Dani Anderson speaks with Monique Nowlin about The Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC).

The ILRC is a public-benefit, nonprofit organization that promotes the Independent Living (IL) philosophy and its tenets of full access, equal opportunity, and maximum success and self-sufficiency for all people with disabilities.

ILRC has four offices serving the vast tri-counties region, covering San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.

Most come to ILRC when they encounter physical or societal barriers to independent living.

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