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Kern County program to prevent suicide and substance use among Native youth faces uncertainty as federal grant ends

Amid ongoing uncertainty over federal funding of local health services, a project to prevent suicide and substance use among Native American youth in Kern County could be scaled back, or possibly eliminated.  Since 2020, the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project, a nonprofit serving Native communities in Kern County, has used federal money to fund a […]