Salvation Army location that lists food help and help for people without a home. Help depends on funding and need, so call first to ask what is available now and what to bring.
Call first. Call first: help depends on funding and each person's situation.
See all days, hours and detailsCommunity health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
See all days, hours and detailsThese serve more than one town. Check each listing for who they serve.
Community Action Partnership of Kern serves Kern County through local partner pantries but does not publish a public list of them. Call and they will tell you the nearest pantry and when it is open.
Call first. Call to find the nearest pantry and its hours.
See all days, hours and detailsFree civil legal help for people with low income, funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation: evictions and housing, family law and protective orders, public benefits, consumer debt and more. Call or apply online; they will tell you if they can take your case.
Call first. Hours are not listed. Call first to ask what help is open now and what to bring.
See all days, hours and detailsThe California Department of Social Services line to learn how to apply for CalFresh food benefits (SNAP) in your county. California has no single child abuse line: call your county child welfare office, or 911 if a child is in danger right now.
Free, confidential help for anyone hurt or threatened by a partner or family member: safety planning, shelter referrals and someone to talk to. Call 1-800-799-7233, text START to 88788, or chat at TheHotline.org. In an emergency, call 911.
Call or text 988 to reach a trained crisis counselor any time, for a mental health crisis, thoughts of suicide or a substance use crisis. It is free and confidential. Veterans can press 1.
Free, confidential treatment referral and information for mental health and substance use, in English and Spanish. You can also text your ZIP code to 435748.
Dial 988, then press 1. Or text 838255, or chat at veteranscrisisline.net. Free and confidential. You do not need to be enrolled in VA health care.
VA benefits: 800-827-1000. VA health benefits: 877-222-8387. Homeless veterans, open 24 hours: 877-424-3838. MyVA411, the main VA line, open 24 hours: 800-698-2411.
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We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Tehachapi: The Salvation Army Tehachapi Service Center, (661) 823-9508, call first; Community Action Partnership of Kern (call to find a pantry near you), (661) 398-4520, call first. Please call first to confirm the ones marked call first. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Tehachapi: Omni Family Health, (866) 707-6664. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Tehachapi: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), 988; SAMHSA National Helpline (Open 24 hours a day, every day), (800) 662-4357. If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Tehachapi: Veterans Crisis Line (Open 24 hours a day, every day), 988; VA national phone lines (Benefits line, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM Eastern), (800) 827-1000. A veteran in crisis can call 988 and press 1, or text 838255.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Tehachapi: Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, (661) 325-5943. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
If you run a pantry or program, or saw a listing that is wrong, tell us. We check every message against the organization's own page before anything changes.