Kind Kern Care Kits

11/10/2025

It's that time again! The unsheltered Point in Time (PIT) Count will be held on Jan. 28th, 2026! The Count will take place from 3:30AM - 9:00AM.

Kern County needs approximately 500 volunteers to count all the unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness.
If you are interested in volunteering, please register at: https://bkrhc.org/volunteer-for-the-2026-pit-count/

Additionally, volunteers will be required to attend a 2-hour training, either in-person or on Zoom. Please see attached flyer for more details. Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative

11/08/2025

11/01/2025

Drug users' rights are human rights — full stop. This is true on International Drug Users Day and the other 364 days of the year. Today and always at NHRC, we will continue our life-saving, evidence-backed harm reduction work that centers the people most impacted by drug use: People who use drugs.

11/01/2025

The council removed all references to a 1-to-1 syringe exchange, a piece of the ordinance that had received pushback from state officials.

10/31/2025

Do you believe your organization could benefit from enhanced knowledge on Harm Reduction or cultural sensitivity?

Maybe you're interested in learning more about Narcan, overdose prevention, or crisis intervention?

Kind Kern provides customized training, backed by evidence-based curriculum, to empower your team with the confidence and expertise to further support our community.

Our trained volunteers deliver presentations tailored to your organization's unique requirements. If there's a specific issue that persists, we can collaborate with you to incorporate it into your custom course.

To learn more email us at

kindkern@gmail.com
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10/28/2025

"Sweeps, crackdowns, and mass hospitalizations may make homelessness less visible for a moment, but they don’t solve it. They just push suffering out of view—until it resurfaces again, often

10/28/2025

10/25/2025

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Homelessness in Kern County and across the state and country is a sensitive subject, but it’s something worth talking about. Beginning on Thursday at noon a…

10/25/2025

10/25/2025

Budgeted and have bought over 220 items and plan to donate and have already donated some out to our partners Boulevard Blessings and Lake Isabella Blvd Little Free Library #200452 doing our best to keep items stocked up

So down to Bakersfield for some errands and have to make sure we've got the essentials NARCAN® Nasal Spray (in the back seat) and Smith's Bakeries im sure the Pride flag is still in here somewhere....

10/25/2025

Just a glimpse into the extent, unhoused doesn’t mean no job, or that drugs are involved.

While I was on my cross-country road trip, I got the chance to tour an abandoned train depot in St. Louis. It was filled with people who had nowhere else to ...

10/25/2025

Found a great video on Harm Reduction

En Español [CC]This video is part of the NIDA series At the Intersection: Stories of Research, Compassion, and HIV Services for People who Use Drugs.“Harm re...