BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Bakersfield has received a $2 million grant from the state to address homelessness through a network of supportive mental health services, substance-use disorder treatment, and diversion programs, City officials said through a news release Thursday. With the $1.9 million grant, Bakersfield Community Vitality Unit is set to support intensive case management for treatment and supportive services for the city's most vulnerable homeless population. American Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing in Bakersfield Funding will support the Vitality Unit's parole-to-homelessness pipeline, strengthen support services and increase transitions to permanent supportive housing. The grant will help fill two gaps within the city's established supportive services, according to the head of BPD's Community Vitality Unit Lt. Nicole Anderberg. "It will provide real, targeted case management services needed to help our chronically homeless population, including those with substance use and/or behavioral health issues. And second, it will provide re-entry services for parolees in Kern County," Anderberg explained through a news release. Never miss a story: Make KGET.com your homepage Bakersfield is one of 27 government and community-based organizations awarded funding from the Board of State and Community Corrections. "The state of California must continue to invest in common-sense public safety solutions that stop cycles of crime, without going back to the failed and unsafe days of mass incarceration,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said of the BSCC’s award announcements.