Resource Foster Family Orientations

Kern County Orientation Dates
and Contact Information

In Kern County, Resource Family Orientations are held in English on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, except November and December when the 4th Thursday is cancelled due to the holidays. Spanish orientations are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month.

Staff will talk to you about foster care, as well as public adoptions, and answer your questions.

For directions and more information, please call 661-631-6204.

Location and Time:
The Community Partnership Building
100 E. California Avenue, Bakersfield, CA
(access from Union Avenue via Alpine Street;
or Tulare Street from E. California Ave.)
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5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
**Individuals who arrive more than 15 minutes late will not be permitted into the orientation.

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