Kern River Valley Resilience & Recovery Campus

 

Building Local Solutions for Local Needs

 

What Is It?

The Kern River Valley Resilience & Recovery Campus is a proposed regional initiative to expand access to critical services and community resources for residents of the Kern River Valley.

 

This project is being explored as a way to bring more support closer to home for individuals and families who currently face long travel distances, limited local options, and barriers to accessing care and opportunity.

 

Potential Focus Areas

 

- Behavioral and mental health services

- Substance use treatment and recovery support

- Housing stabilization and recovery housing

- Senior and disability support services

- Youth and family programming

- Workforce development and job training

- Transportation/access coordination

- Community resilience and emergency preparedness

- Wildfire/forestry/fire-prevention workforce pathways

 

Why Is This Needed?

Residents across the Kern River Valley face significant barriers including:

 

- Limited access to healthcare and behavioral health services

- Long travel distances for treatment, appointments, and services

- Housing instability and hidden homelessness

- Senior isolation and caregiver shortages

- Workforce and transportation barriers

- Limited local youth and family support infrastructure

 

What Stage Is the Project In?

 

This initiative is currently in the planning and needs assessment phase.

 

We are gathering:

- Public records/data

- Community testimony

- Letters of support

- Petition signatures

- Partner input and planning feedback

 

Community support helps demonstrate that Kern River Valley residents want local solutions and expanded access to services.

 

How You Can Help

- Sign the community support petition

- Share your story/testimony

- Submit a letter of support

- Partner in planning and implementation

- Stay engaged as the project develops

 

For more information / to get involved:

Catlin Payne/ ConnAdvo LLC/ connadvo@gmail.com / (760) 531 0077 

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Support the Kern River Valley Resilience & Recovery Campus

 

We, the undersigned, support continued planning and development of the Kern River Valley Resilience & Recovery Campus, a proposed regional initiative designed to strengthen local access to services and resources for Kern River Valley residents.

 

The vision for this project includes expanded support for:

 

- Behavioral and mental health services

- Substance use recovery and treatment access

- Housing stabilization and recovery housing

- Senior and disability support services

- Workforce development and job training

- Youth and family support programming

- Transportation and access coordination

- Community resilience, emergency preparedness, and wildfire/workforce initiatives

 

We believe the Kern River Valley deserves local solutions that improve access to care, strengthen families, support economic opportunity, and build a healthier, more resilient future for our region.

 

By signing below, I express support for continued planning, funding exploration, and development of this initiative.

 

 

Please take the time to fill out this assessment. This will help us further gather information needed for our data collection. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kFq6MhVGZmsSoFgfkwUywH_ie183FgnHW2Xf08O6Q1I/viewform