At a Glance: Our Health Literacy Initiatives (About Us)

At Project Heal of Santa Barbara County (PHOSBC), we’re a public charity and action-driven movement. we support open, informed conversations about health and well-being—bringing together lived experience, professional insight, and community learning to make health knowledge more accessible and actionable.

Who We Are
We are a community-centered initiative focused on health understanding, shared learning, and thoughtful dialogue. Our work creates space for people, specialists, and organizations to explore health, wellness, and care systems together—without jargon, gatekeeping, or one-size-fits-all answers.

We believe that informed people make stronger decisions, and that health conversations are most powerful when they are accessible, collaborative, and grounded in real-world experience.

What We Focus On

Health Understanding & Navigation
We help demystify health information and systems by fostering clear conversations, shared learning, and practical understanding—so people can engage with care more confidently.

Community-Based Dialogue & Support
We create spaces for peer connection, reflection, and discussion that center dignity, agency, and mutual respect rather than hierarchy or diagnosis.

Specialist & Organizational Collaboration
We convene specialists and mission-aligned organizations to exchange knowledge, explore challenges, and strengthen how health, wellness, and care are approached across contexts.

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Our Work in Practice

• Creating accessible spaces for health-related dialogue and learning

• Supporting peer-led conversations grounded in lived experience

• Encouraging responsible, ethical engagement across health and care systems

• Connecting specialists and organizations around shared values rather than silos

Our initiatives are designed to support understanding, not prescribe solutions—and to evolve alongside the communities they serve.

We believe that health knowledge should be shared, not withheld, and that confidence grows when people are supported—not managed. Our work centers curiosity, care, and collaboration as essential tools for navigating health and well-being.