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Help in Shafter
9 service locations
Family and youth
SHAFTER EHS CDC
Child care and early childhood education
459 E Euclid Ave, Shafter · 661-746-8240
Head Start early childhood program — 24 funded slots; operated by Community Action Partnership of Kern.
SHAFTER HS CDC
Child care and early childhood education
452 W Los Angeles Ave, Shafter · 661-746-1443
Head Start early childhood program — 17 funded slots; operated by Community Action Partnership of Kern.
Tierra Serena Early Education
Child care and early childhood education
17213 Central Valley Highway, Shafter · 661-746-0671
Head Start early childhood program — 20 funded slots; operated by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc..
Tierra Serena EHS Partnership
Child care and early childhood education
17213 Central Valley Hwy, Shafter · 661-746-0671
Head Start early childhood program — 22 funded slots; operated by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County.
Food assistance
Redwood Elementary
Meal program
331 North Shafter Ave., Shafter · (661) 746-8640
Free summer meals for kids and teens (2026 season) — sponsored by RICHLAND UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Shafter High
Meal program
526 Mannel Ave., Shafter · (661) 827-3190
Free summer meals for kids and teens (2026 season) — sponsored by KERN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Health care
Community health centersliding-scale fees
659 S Central Valley Hwy, Shafter · 866-707-6664
Community health centersliding-scale fees
655 S Central Valley Hwy, Shafter · 866-707-6664
Community health centersliding-scale fees
667 S Central Valley Hwy, Shafter · 866-707-6664
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