CAPK News

  • Starbucks Prep Works Program

    This program is for participants between 16-18 years old who live in Bakersfield, Shafter and Wasco area.  Youths will receive 20 hours of work preparation that includes: resume development, job search strategies, job applications, interview skills, business communication, soft skills and financial literacy. Click the link below to download a PDF flyer. FHCC Starbucks Work […]

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  • Wesley Head Start Ribbon Cutting

    Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK), the poverty-fighting agency in Kern County, is celebrating the opening of Wesley Head Start Child Developing Center with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Monday, Jan. 23 at 10 a.m., on the campus of Wesley United Methodist Church, 1314 Oswell St. (on the corner of Niles St.), Bakersfield, CA 93306. […]

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  • GET bus Food Distribution and Resource Faire

    Every quarter Community Action Partnership of Kern and GET bus partner up, along with other partners, to distribute food to those in need.  This distribution will be on January 20th, 2017 at 9AM to 12PM on the corner of 22nd and Eye street.  

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  • Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Guidelines

    HEAP Utility payment assistance is not just for households living below poverty, but it is based on income.  If the following chart reflects your situation, you could receive once-a-year assistance of $210 to $350 toward your household’s utility payment. Click below

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  • Drought Emergency Food Assistance Program – January 2017

    Throughout the month of January 2017, Community Action Partnership of Kern Food Bank (CAPK Food Bank) will distribute Drought Emergency Food Assistance Program (DEFAP) food in  various communities all over Kern County: Arvin, Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Delano, Lake Isabella, Lamont, Oildale, Taft ​and Wasco. Click here for the January 2017 DEFAP schedule…

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  • Do You Need Assistance With Your Utility Bills?

    The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) provides assistance to applicants with their utility bills, including Gas, Propane and Electric.

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