Transforming Lives: Housing Authority’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program

The Santa Barbara Independent

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Transforming Lives: Housing Authority’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program

Lucilla Cano always wanted to be a nurse. But working three jobs to support her kids, it was difficult to take the time necessary to work toward that goal. That all changed when she enrolled in the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which gave her the space and guidance she needed to go to school, earn her nursing degree, and make a better life for her and her family. “It makes me want to tear up ta…