Through a variety of divisions and their respective community programs, and in collaboration with other community service agencies, Community Action Partnership of Kern helps participants help themselves and each other. Click on a category or individual program below to see how.
Head Start provides quality preschool education for low-income children ages three to five in communities across Kern County.
Early Head Start delivers early childhood education from birth to three at learning centers located throughout Kern.
Head Start Home Base provides home-centered education and support for low-income children and parents.
The Home Visiting Program links new parents who face poverty with resources and skills that will help them create a strong future for themselves and their children.
The Food Bank distributes more than 20 million pounds of food annually to Kern County residents through a network community partners.
CAPK WIC helps mothers, infants and children below the age of five establish and maintain healthy lifestyles.
CAPK CalFresh Healthy Living improves the nutritional health of low-income Kern County residents by providing access to nutrition education, physical activity skills, and training.
2-1-1 Kern is a 24/7 information and referral service that provides local residents with comprehensive information and links to community health and human services at no cost.
CAPK’s Energy Program assists income-eligible residents with utility bill payment assistance, free weatherization and energy education.
The VITA program helps thousands of low- and medium-income families pay their taxes each year with no-cost tax preparation services.
Shafter Youth Center offers families a wide array of services in the Shafter area.
Friendship House Community Center offers families after-school and summer programs, nutrition education, and social services.
Provides learning activities, parent support, social services and crisis assistance to low income families in rural eastern Kern County.
Provides beds, meals, laundry, support services and pet care to unsheltered individuals
CAPK operates Kern County’s Coordinated Entry System, providing a single point of access for shelter, job resources, mental health, substance abuse and other services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Kern County.
Provides migrant farmworker families with childcare across California. Families can sign up in Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Tulare, and Fresno counties.
