Health Promotion / Outreach Programs
Black Infant Health Program
The Black Infant Health (BIH) Program seeks to eliminate the disproportionate infant mortality rate and improve related health status indicators of the African-American community. The goals of the BIH Program are to reduce infant mortality through a comprehensive, community-based effort that assures that at-risk pregnant and parenting women (and children up to age one) have access to quality maternal and child health services, to reduce the number of low birth weight infants, to reduce the number of women who smoke, use alcohol or nonprescription drugs during pregnancy and to reduce the number of African-American babies who die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The Black Infant Health Program is housed at the Southeast Neighborhood Partnership Family Resource Center listed below.
Family Resource Centers
Family Resource Centers are neighborhood-based services that provide outreach, case management and supportive services to families with children who are at risk of abuse and neglect or who may not be ready to enter kindergarten successfully. The Family Resource Centers are located in Mojave, Ridgecrest, and Southeast Bakersfield. The services offered include comprehensive assessments (health, psycho-social, education and basic needs), individual service plans, case management, home visits, linkages to community services, advocacy, school-readiness activities, and parent education.
East Kern Family Resource Center
15662 K Street
Mojave, CA 93501
(661) 824-4118 Phone
(661) 824-4150 Fax
Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
Indian Wells Valley Family Resource Center
825 N Downs Street, Suite A
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
(760) 375-4357 Phone
(760) 371-2446 Fax
Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
Southeast Neighborhood Partnership Family Resource Center
1509 East 11th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93307
(661) 322-3276 Phone
(661) 322-3285 Fax
Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
Nurturing Infant Awareness Program
The Nurturing Infant Awareness (NIA) Program works in conjunction with our Black Infant Health Program to identify pregnant African-American women and enroll them in early prenatal care. Nurturing Infant Awareness (NIA) seeks to improve birth outcomes and access to medical care for pregnant women and their families. NIA assists pregnant and parenting women in developing healthy, positive attitudes and practices that will improve perinatal outcomes and NIA seeks to prevent many health problems and give infants an opportunity for success.
Prevention Services Programs
Differential Response Team
The Differential Response Team is a part of the Child Welfare System redesign that links community based services with families who are at risk of child abuse and neglect. The Differential Response Team operates in conjunction with Child Protective Services by providing voluntary case management and support service to families who do not meet the requirements for court-ordered services. The Differential Response Team is housed at our Family Resource Centers in Mojave and Ridgecrest, as well as the Lamont Family Resource Center and two locations in Bakersfield.
South Kern Differential Response Team
Lamont Family Resource Center
7839 Burgundy Avenue
Lamont, CA 93241
(661) 845-2724 Phone
(661) 845-4570 Fax
Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
Metro Bakersfield Differential Response Team
2707 F Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 324-0293 Phone
(661) 324-2510 Fax
Monday - Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
18 Mac Arthur Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 391-9910 Phone
(661) 391-9789 Fax
