Resources

Mental Health

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  • 988

  • Press 1 for veterans; press 2 for Spanish

• Mental Health Crisis Hotline (for Kern County)

  • 1-800-991-5272

• Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

• Non-Emergency Emotional Support 

  • 1. • 1-855-845-7415

  • SAMHSA’s National Helpline

    1. • 1-800-662-HELP   

                       (4357)

Emergencies

For immediate assistance in an emergency situation

Dial 911

• Law Enforcement

  • Bakersfield Police Department:

    1. 1. • 661-327-7111 (Non-emergency)

  • Kern County Sheriff Department:  

    1. 1. • 661-861-3110

• Fire

  • Bakersfield Fire Department: 

    1. 1. • 661-326-3911

  • Kern County Fire Department:

    1. 1. • 661-324-6551

Domestic Violence, Abuse, & Sexual Assault

• Kern County Child Protective Services

  • (661) 631-6011

• National Child Abuse Hotline

  • 1-800-4-A-CHILD     (1-800-422-4453)

• Alliance Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault 24 Hour Crisis Hotline

  • 1-800-273-7713

  • 24 Hour Crisis Hotline: 661-327-109

Grief Resources

• Bakersfield Hoffmann Hospice

  • • Grief Support Groups 

    • (661) 410-1010

• Contact our Greenfield Family Resource Center

• Bristol Hospice Kids Camp

• How parents and other adults can support grieving children:

  • • English Booklet

    • Spanish Booklet

• GriefShare grief recovery support groups meeting weekly in Bakersfield 

• Crisis Response Network

  • • Grief and Loss