Federal grants to Community Action Partnership of Kern
Community Action Partnership of Kern in Bakersfield, California received $204 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 18 awards. Its largest program was Head Start, with $197 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $43.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$204 million
- Awards18
- Awarded in FY 2025$43.8 million
- Largest award$103 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $39.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $37.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $42.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 3 | $40.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 5 | $43.8 million |
Programs that fund Community Action Partnership of Kern
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Head Start | 5 | $197 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $3.0 million |
| VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program | 5 | $1.3 million |
| Continuum of Care Program | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program | 1 | $7,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 5 | $197 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 6 | $4.2 million |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Department of the Treasury | 5 | $1.3 million |
| Department of Labor | 1 | $7,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head start and early head start | Head Start | February 23, 2021 | $103 million |
| Head start and early head start | Head Start | January 24, 2024 | $81.9 million |
| Early head start | Head Start | December 9, 2020 | $6.1 million |
| American rescue plan | Head Start | April 21, 2021 | $3.3 million |
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | May 9, 2023 | $3.0 million |
| Early head start child care partnership | Head Start | February 23, 2021 | $2.5 million |
| The ssvf program's purpose is to provide supportive services grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives, who will coordinate or provide supportive services to very low-income veteran families who are residing in permanent housing, are homeless and scheduled to become reside | VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program | September 17, 2025 | $1.4 million |
| Purpose: the volunteer income tax assistance (VITA) grant was established as a matching grant program to provide funding for organizations who support community volunteer income tax assistance. Activities to be performed: the vita grant program provides financial support to organizations who 1) exte | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program | January 22, 2025 | $375,000 |
| Purpose: the volunteer income tax assistance (VITA) grant was established as a matching grant program to provide funding for organizations who support community volunteer income tax assistance. Activities to be performed: the vita grant program provides financial support to organizations who 1) exte | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program | April 16, 2024 | $325,000 |
| Purpose: the continuum of care (COC) program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislo | Continuum of Care Program | May 5, 2025 | $251,909 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Community Action Partnership of Kern get?
$204 million in 18 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Community Action Partnership of Kern the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $197 million in 5 awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs follow.
What is Community Action Partnership of Kern's largest federal grant?
$103 million under Head Start, with its first action in the period on February 23, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Community Action Partnership of Kern?
Its largest are Head Start, Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants and VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program.
Other grant recipients in Bakersfield
- Clinica Sierra Vista
- Ufw Foundation
- Kern Community College District
- Omni Family Health
- Golden Empire Transit District
- City of Bakersfield
- California State University Bakersfield
- Housing Authority of the County of Kern
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