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Housing and Development Newsletter By June 1970, CALM was formed with supporters (the Santa Barbara Medical Society Auxiliary, the local medical world, and residents) and — yes! — a grant from the Board of Supervisors allowing their nonprofit status. CALM became the first child abuse prevention organization in the nation. Instead of removing abused children from homes and sending parents to jail, CALM supported abusive parents, who were also stressed and needed help. Early on, the agency fo...