Community Action Partnership of Kern County

Contact Person: Ms. Caroline Wilson
Address: 300 – 19th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone: (661) 336-5236
FAX: (661) 701-7060
Web Site: http://www.capk.org

Description of Organization:
The Community Action Partnership of Kern is a private non-profit corporation with a $43 million dollar budget that administers twenty (20) contracts that operates on six (6) different fiscal years. Funding is derived from federal, state, local and private sources. The agency administers the Child Development & Education Services- State Funded Migrant and General Child Care, Head Start, Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Immunization, Breast Cancer Intervention, Kern County Food Bank, U.S.D.A. Commodities, Energy Conservation, Home Energy Assistance Program, Senior Brown Bag, Mental Health, Family Counseling, Family Preservation and Support, AIDS Education, HOME Program ,HelpLine, Youth Services Program, Kern Parent Child Center, Family Health Center and Supportive Housing program. The Agency is compromised of sixty(60) offices/work sites; employs over 600 personnel and operates thirty-four (34) school buses, trucks and cars.

The Agency delivers services to the following areas: Bakersfield, Arvin, McFarland, Lost Hills, Mt. Pinos, Cantil, Mojave, Rosamond, Wofford Heights, Eagles, Ridgecrest, Tehachapi, Havilah, Lamont, Shafter, Blackwells Corner, Lake Isabella, Reeder, Edna, Boron, Fremont Valley, Johannesburg, Inyo Kern, Taft, Caliente, Buttonwillow, Lakeland, Mountain Mesa, Delano, Wasco, Frazier Park, California City, North Edwards, Randsburg, Kernville, Bodfish, and Oildale. Direct services are provided to over 100,000 low-income residents of all ages and ethnic backgrounds each year.

Literacy Programs:

  • Head Start Preschool Programs
  • Assistance with child care and migrant education

Program Specifics:

  • Target population: Children ages 0-5
  • Days of operation: Monday-Friday
  • Hours of operation: 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Target Communities: Greater Bakersfield, Delano, Shafter, Wasco
  • Bilingual Staff available

How Results are Measured:

  • State content standards

Estimated numbers served:

  • Unknown


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