Active Panels — Santa Barbara Area
| Facility | Day & Time |
|---|---|
| Stalwart – Women's | Monday 6:45 PM |
| Women's sober living and recovery homes. Faith-integrated, accountability-focused early recovery program. | |
| Hedges House of Hope (IV) | Tuesday 4:00 PM |
| Transitional family shelter in Isla Vista. Serves adults and families in housing crisis, often with co-occurring substance issues. | |
| Dignity Homes | Tuesday 5:00 PM |
| Interim supportive housing providing stable shelter with wraparound services for homeless adults in recovery. | |
| SB Rescue Mission | Tuesday 7:00 PM |
| Emergency shelter and 12-month residential recovery program. Serves 88 men and 40 women nightly. Founded 1965. | |
| Women's SB Jail | Tuesday 7:00 PM |
| Santa Barbara County Jail — women's unit. | |
| Men's SB Jail | Tuesday 7:00 PM |
| Santa Barbara County Jail — men's unit. | |
| La Posada | 1st & 3rd Wednesday 6:30 PM |
| Interim supportive housing. Small residential facility providing transitional shelter and recovery support. | |
| CADA Arts | Wednesday 7:00 PM |
| Residential detox and treatment through the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA). Volunteers always needed. | |
| Lompoc Federal Prison | Wednesday 11:30 AM |
| Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc. 2+ years sobriety and federal background clearance required. | |
| Sanctuary House | Thursday 7:30 PM |
| Transitional sober living component of Casa Serena, near downtown SB. | |
| Bethel House | Friday 7:00 PM |
| Women's residential treatment. Part of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission — separate 24-bed facility for women. | |
| CRC | Sunday & Friday 10:00 AM |
| Cottage Residential Center — Cottage Health's 24-bed residential treatment program for adults with substance use and co-occurring disorders. | |
| Cottage 5 Bath | Fri–Wed 8:00 PM |
| Cottage Hospital's inpatient detox and acute psychiatric unit at the Bath Street campus. | |
| PHF | Sunday 4:00 PM / Wednesday 6:00 PM |
| Santa Barbara County Psychiatric Health Facility — locked acute inpatient psychiatric unit. Confirm appointment in advance. | |
| Casa Serena | Sunday 7:30 PM |
| Nonprofit women's residential rehab near downtown SB, founded over 60 years ago. | |
New Panel Opportunities
| Juvenile Hall | |
| Senior / Elder Care Facilities |
Extended Reach Programs
Contact Upon Release
Connects incarcerated people approaching release with an AA member on the outside. A CUR volunteer receives the person's name and expected release info through AA Central Office and reaches out to welcome them to local meetings when they get out.
Bridging the Gap
A national AA program coordinated through GSO. When someone completes treatment or is released from a treatment facility, a local AA member is matched to physically accompany them to their first AA meetings.
Sponsor by Mail
Pairs AA members inside institutions with outside sponsors for written correspondence. AA Central Office facilitates all correspondence — no personal addresses are shared.
Inside Visiting Sponsorship Services
NorCal H&I pilot (Area 53) providing video, text, and phone-based sponsorship to incarcerated people through facility tablets. Backlog of requests — volunteers with 5+ years sobriety especially needed.