Bakersfield-Kern Regional Home

Bakersfield-Kern Regional Home, operating as the Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative Division, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Bakersfield, California, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient to provide permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, rental assistance, case management, and homeless management information systems (HMIS) to homeless individuals and families in Kern County.

The organization's federal footprint consists entirely of grant work from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Bakersfield-Kern Regional Home serves as a prime recipient on eight awards over the past five years, with one sub-recipient grant award. The active grant portfolio centers on two federal programs. The Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) funds the organization's core homelessness intervention work, with recent CoC awards including a $525,677 project grant (award date January 1, 2026, concluding December 31, 2026) and a $442,534 project grant (January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025) supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and HMIS operations. The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP, CFDA 14.276) targets youth experiencing homelessness with a $200,145 project grant (award date September 5, 2025) providing rental assistance, supportive services, operating costs for supportive housing, and program administrative costs. Bakersfield-Kern Regional Home also received earlier CoC awards in 2023, 2022, and 2021, demonstrating sustained HUD engagement. One sub-recipient grant, dated August 31, 2022, supported development of a regional action plan including disaster preparedness and COVID-19 response planning.

The organization has obligated $2.3 million across all federal awards in the source data window. Activity has grown from one award in 2021 to three awards in 2025, with only one award (likely the January 1, 2026 CoC grant) carrying an ultimate completion date beyond the next twenty-four months. HUD is the sole customer agency, accounting for 89% of recent awards. The organization competes exclusively for federal homelessness grants under HUD's CoC and YHDP vehicles — no commercial contracts, IDIQs, or GWACs appear in the federal footprint.