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Kern County

Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. Its county seat is Bakersfield.

Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley. Covering 8,161.42 square miles (21,138.0 km2), it ranges west to the southern slope of the Coast Ranges, and east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert.

Please see our Guide to County Resource Organizations page a brief description of the following organizations.

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Regional Center

Kern Regional Center

3200 North Sillect Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: 661-327-8531, 661-852-3220 (Intake) | Fax: 661-324-5060
Website: https://www.kernrc.org/

Areas Served: Inyo, Kern, and Mono counties

Early Start Family Resource Center

H.E.A.R.T.S. Connection

200 S. Montclair St., Unit A
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: 661-328-9055 | 800-210-7633
Fax: 661-328-9940
Website: http://www.heartsfrc.org

Special Education Plan Areas (SELPA)

Bakersfield City: SELPA

714 Williams Street
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Phone: 661-631-5863

EPU Children’s Center: Special Education by County

Serving Fresno County, Kern County, Kings County, Madera/Mariposa County, Merced County, Stanislaus County, Tulare County

4440 North 1st Street
Fresno, CA 93726
Phone: (559) 229-2000 | (844) 445-0305
Email: info@epuchildren.org
Website: https://epuchildren.org/resources/advocacy-agencies/special-educaiton-by-county/

Kern County Consortium: SELPA

1300 17th Street City Centre
Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533
Phone: 661-636-4801

Kern High: SELPA

5801 Sundale Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: 661-827-3105

Sierra Sands: SELPA

113 Felspar Avenue
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Phone: 760-449-1703

Child Care Resource Referral Agencies

Community Connection for Child Care

2000 K Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Referral: 661-861-5200
Toll Free#: 877-861-5200
Fax: 661-861-5262
Website: http://www.kernchildcare.org

Local Plan Council (LPC)

Kern County Superintendent of Schools

1300 17th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533
Phone: 661-636-4000
Fax: 661-861-2896

County First 5

County Office of Education

Kern County Office of Education

1300 17th St., City Centre
Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533
Phone: 559-584-1441
Website: http://www.kern.org

Early Head Start/Head Start

Community Action Partnership of Kern

5005 Business Park North, Suite 130
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: 661-336-5236 x2229
Website: http://www.capk.org