Kern County

The Kern County Human Services Department provides a variety of human services programs and assistance to the residents of Kern County, located in California. Services include safety net programs, CalWORKs, prevention and community partnerships, adoption services, children s services and foster family resources. Safety net programs include food stamps, medical assistance, general assistance, education assistance and California health care options. CalWORKs provides career services and welfare-to-work programs. Prevention and community partnership services include family-to-family services and a parent leader program. Adoption agency services include assessment of a child or children, moving children from foster care into a permanent home, various legal services required to facilitate adoption and post-adoption services. Child abuse reporting, safe surrender services for newborns and the Jamison Children s Center make up the department s children s services. Foster family resources include licensing, health care and transitional services. The Kern County Human Services Department is located in Bakersfield, Calif.