Parent Resources
Suicide Prevention & Crisis Response Plan
Brightlife Kids-Free Mental Health Support
Community Resources
Community Action Partnership of Kern
First 5 Kern
Hospitals and Health Care Centers
Kern County Public Health
Bakersfield Behavioral Health Hospital
Mental Health Services for Children/Adults
Phone: (661) 398-1800 or (877) 755-4907
5201 White Lane, Bakersfield, CA 93309
Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic
Mental Health Services for Children
Phone: (661) 393-5836
2001 North Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93308
or
Phone: (661) 322-1021
3628 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93309
Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Non-Crisis Adult Care
Kern County
Phone: (661) 868-8080
DURING A CRISIS: Consider these options when you or someone you care about is experiencing a mental health crisis:
- Call 9-1-1
- Call the Kern County Mental Health Hotline (800) 991-5272
- Kern County COVID-19 Mental Health Hotline (661) 525-5900
- Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center (661) 326-1907
- Bakersfield Police Department (661) 327-7111
- CA Youth Crisis Hotline (800) 843-5200
- Crisis Text Line Text TWLOHA to 741-741
- The Eldercare Locator (800) 677-1116
- National Child Abuse Hotline (800) 422-4453
- National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-8255
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Español (888) 628-9454
- Self-Abuse Finally Ends (S.A.F.E.) Info Line (800) 366-8288
- Self-Harm Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741-741
- Teen Crisis Hotline (800) 852-8336
- The Trevor Project Lifeline (LGBTQ+) (800) 488-7386