Eduardo Cué and Stephanie Molina have joined the New House Santa Barbara Board of Directors. Cué is the program manager of Teen Court at the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA). Molina is the program director for employee assistance at Cottage Hospital.
Molina joined Cottage Hospital in 2010 and has been admissions facilitator of the COPE program, Substance Use Evaluation Team in the trauma unit; clinical supervisor for intern/associates at Cottage; and lead case manager for the COPE program.
Before joining Cottage, Molina was with the Fighting Back Mentor Program (CADA), case manager for supported living services at Devereaux, and youth service specialist at El Puente High School.
Molina, who holds a MFT license, received her masters degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University in 2007 and bachelor’s degree from UCSB with a double major psychology/sociology and minor in education in 2005.
Cué has extensive experience in the alcoholism and drug abuse field, as well as involvement in the prevention and treatment community.
In addition to his work with CADA, an affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc., Cué has served as director of the Daniel Bryant Youth and Family Center, which is the base of operations for CADA Teen Court, Parent Program, and Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Treatment in South Santa Barbara County.
Cué was responsible for writing the original grant to the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America that supported building the foundation of Santa Maria Valley Fighting Back.
During his 15 years with CADA, programs under his supervision, such as Fighting Back Mentoring and Teen Court, Cué received awards from the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Dependency.
He represented California as a delegate to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the development of the National Association of Youth Courts. He was contracted by the DOJ to provide trainings nationally on how to work with gang-influenced youth.
Before working at CADA, Cué served the California Department of Youth Authority for 18 years, during which time he co-authored Gang Awareness Training curriculums for both youthful offenders and correctional employees. He tailored special gang awareness trainings for community law enforcement, teachers and counselors.
The American Justice Institute presented Cué with the Richard A. McGee Award in recognition of educating parents, wards of the court, and at-risk youth on gang issues.
Cué received his bachelor of science degree in social service administration from Antioch University, Santa Barbara.
Newhouse has been serving the Santa Barbara community for 66 years.