South Central Heals

Supporting the health of South L.A. residents through Community Health Worker outreach, free resource navigation services, community events, and policy change.

South Central Heals

Combating health disparities and nourishing collective health through targeted interventions, community engagement, and equitable healthcare access.

  • Community Health Workers are on the ground in your neighborhood!

    Sign up to schedule a visit.

  • Do you live in the South Central Heals service area? Use our interactive map to check.

  • Help shape the future of healthcare in South Central! Join our mailing list for future Community Convenings.

South Central Heals, a program of Ð¡òòò½ÊÓƵ Corporation, is a partnership with clinics and that aims to identify and address barriers health and well-being in our community.

Community Health Workers assess the health needs of local households, connect residents to free and low-cost services, and guide them through care plans. These health workers are multilingual, empathetic community members who will connect you to services for free. They are not state or federal employees and your personal information is confidential and protected.

Free Resource Navigation Services

Check if you live in our service area. If you don’t, visit to find a program in your community.

Sign up for a confidential home visit from a Community Health Worker. Answer a few questions about your healthcare needs.

The Community Health Worker will help you access and navigate financial, housing, health, and legal services.

Get Connected to Resources

Community Health Workers will conduct a health assessment in your home, and then provide ongoing resource connection support. Assistance from Community Health Workers is completely free, and it’s not required to share information about citizenship or legal status.

If you need emergency resources, call 911 or one of these hotlines.

Housing, Healthcare, & Disability Services
(866) 613-3777

Suicide Hotline
Call/Text 988

Health & Social Services
Call 211

Eviction Support & Homelessness Services
(213) 584-1808

Ready to get involved?

South Central Heals Office
sch@esperanzacommunityhousing.org
(213) 791-2089

Call or Email (English or Spanish)

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Attend a Community Convening

Help shape the future of this program. Join our mailing list to be notified of the next convening.

South Central Heals: A Day in the Life

Sign Up for Updates & Services

By signing up, you give us permission to contact you about South Central Heals programming, community convenings, and upcoming events. Your information is private and will never be sold. See our privacy notice.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Promotores de Salud are graduates of the Сòòò½ÊÓƵs' Promotores de Salud Program. Promotores are trained to provide culturally accessible health advocacy and education to low-income communities of color. Because they are from the communities they serve, they are uniquely able to achieve significant results in improving health outcomes.

  • Community Health Workers are community members trained to provide culturally accessible health advocacy and education to low-income communities of color specific to the Community Public Health Teams.

  • Yes! Please use our sign-up form to contact us.

  • Interviewees will not be provided with compensation or incentives. They will be connected to health resources and free services that match their needs. 

  • The assessment is currently only offered in English and Spanish. If you feel there’s a need in your community for other languages, please use our contact form to let us know. 

  • Health data is collected in person by trained Promotores de Salud / Community Health Workers via tablet (or in the beginning of the project in paper format). Сòòò½ÊÓƵ Corporation, Saint John's Community Health, and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health keep your electronic and paper data secure on our drives, online, and in locked file cabinets as Protected Health Information (PHI). Please read more about this in our Notice of Privacy Practices.

  • Yes! The program will conduct outreach at locations such as homeless shelters or drop-in centers. They will also conduct street outreach to provide information and support to houseless individuals. 

  • Check your address on the map below to see if you are in the service area.

  • South Central Heals, in partnership with the LA County Department of Public Health, is aiming to increase access to HIV/STD testing in our communities. We are offering interested residents a FREE HIV/STD Self Test Kit that can be self-administered at home. The test is submitted via mail. Results would be accessible online. For more details of the process, please visit:

Contact Us

For general information, use our contact form to join the mailing list.

For specific questions and accessibility needs, call, email, or visit our office.

All contact methods have Spanish-speaking staff. For other languages, please email.

Сòòò½ÊÓƵ Corporation
3655 South Grand Avenue, Suite 280
Los Angeles, California 90007

South Central Heals Office
sch@esperanzacommunityhousing.org
(213)791-2089

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Read our Notice of Privacy Practices.