Kern County
Housing
Housing units completed 2019 - 2023
Homelessness
Unsheltered homelessness change since 2023
Behavioral health
Number of people enrolled in Full-Service Partnerships
HOMELESSNESS
METRICS
Kern COUNTY IS SERVED BY
Bakersfield/Kern County Continuum of Care
2,669
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 2024
red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 37%
since 2023
1,663
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN 2024
red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 63.5%
since 2023
3,127
TOTAL YEAR-ROUND BEDS IN 2024
red arrow down icon, which represents negative trend 34.7%
since 2023
STATE PROGRAM SNAPSHOT
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding rounds 1-5
$36.7 million
HHAP funding awarded in the Kern area 2019 - 2025
Of this, $8.7 million went directly to Kern County. So far, they have:
- Obligated $6 million
- Spent $2.8 million
From January 2023 to September 2024, HHAP funding in the area:
5,428 PEOPLE
TO SERVICES
986 PEOPLE
Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) - rounds 1-3, January 2022 to December 2024
$7 million
ERF FUNDING AWARDED IN THE Kern AREA
Data last updated 2025-04-03
Note: Some data may only update yearly. See Data sources for more details.