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AHA: Inspiring Youth to Feel Safe, Seen, and Emotionally Connected

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AHA: Inspiring Youth to Feel Safe, Seen, and Emotionally Connected

Healthy Attitudes, Emotional Harmony, and Lifelong Achievement for Teens. AHA!

serves teens and families year-round with after-school programs in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, a summer program in Santa Barbara, and in-school programs in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta. We also offer an outdoor program throughout the year, groups for parents, and donation only therapy for families in need. Our innovative experiential curriculum guides teens to set goals and to stop bu

llying and hatred. It lends invaluable skills for understanding and managing emotions and relationships. From this place of security in themselves, teens are inspired to do good, achieve in school and serve their community.

07/07/2025

Our Connected Voices Conference is this Friday July 11! Please register using the link in our bio! We’ll see you there!

07/03/2025

“Let the Elements Teach You to Love Deeper.”
Join me in person at Godmothers Bookstore. Sign up for the workshop

06/26/2025

We are two weeks away from our Connected Voices Conference! Come one come all to see Ben Zimmer in action. RSVP with the link in our link tree. We hope to see you there!

06/12/2025

Congratulations to Monique Limón! Santa Barbara’s own will be leading in our State Senate starting in 2026! She’s the first Latina and first local woman to hold the position and says she is ready to work to protect all Californians. We look forward to witnessing all you continue to accomplish.

06/11/2025

06/09/2025

Join us for our Connected Voices Conference, July 11. Register by visiting our link tree in our bio ⬆️

06/05/2025

AHA! Is highlighting our beloved pets this week to kick off California’s Adopt-a-Pet Day! Santa Barbara Humane is offering fee waived adoptions on Saturday, June 7th from 12:00pm-4:30pm! What would we do without our furry little friends to lighten our days?! 🐾

06/02/2025

05/28/2025

Thank you, Santa Barbara Foundation, for supporting our community!

05/23/2025

Please join us Thursday May 29 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm

05/19/2025

Group Highlight! GIRLS GROUP A had a wonderful Spring semester! They learned skills like working with tools, making heating pads out of reusable and recycled materials, they went on scavenger hunts through the park, and worked and connected as a team through connection & fun & art! 🫶🏻

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Santa Barbara, CA

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+18057707200

Website

http://www.ahasb.org/

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Our Story

AHA! empowers youth across the spectrum of identity to become skillful, energetic, and empathetic community members who lead the change they want to see. Our in- and after-school programming equips teenagers with the tools to recognize and counteract hate speech, reach out across lines of clique, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, and dismantle stereotypes and “-isms” to build allyship and equity. Every AHA! teen is equipped to BE—and ripple out—the progress they most desire, and for the past 20 years, we have been watching them use our programs to bring empathetic, self-aware, and peaceful qualities to their friends, families, and communities; into their adult lives; and (eventually) to the highest echelons of leadership, where they are needed most.

AHA! serves teens and families year-round with after-school programs in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, a summer program in Santa Barbara, and in-school programs in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta. We also offer an outdoor program throughout the year, trainings for teachers, youth providers and nonprofit professionals, parent groups, and donation-based therapy for families in need. Our innovative experiential curriculum guides teens to set goals and to stop bullying and connect through empathy. We lend invaluable skills for understanding and managing emotions and relationships. From this place of security in themselves, teens are inspired to do good, achieve in school, and serve their community. As one junior high teen shared: “You are the light in the darkness when all other lights have gone out.”