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About St. John’s Community Health

St. John’s Community Health is a network of community health centers in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire providing medical, dental, behavioral and mental health, and substance use services as well as case management, supportive services, and outreach services. St. John’s started as a one-room, volunteer-run pediatric health clinic in 1964. Today, it is one of the largest non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center healthcare providers in Los Angeles and beyond, serving patients of all ages at over 20 locations including standalone clinics, mobile clinics, school-based health and wellness centers, and clinics in public/affordable housing  developments.


St. John’s strives for health equity by addressing the health care needs of low-income, uninsured, and under-insured people in Central/South Los Angeles and Compton. As a first-responder in the communities hardest-hit by COVID-19, St. John’s launched a massive testing and contact tracing program in areas that had no access to testing. St. John’s was the first community health clinic in the country to provide monoclonal anti-body infusion treatments for symptomatic COVID patients.

In 2021, the agency opened 26 vaccination sites and launched the largest vaccination campaign by a community health center in the country. To date, St. John’s has administered 427,000 doses and counting. 94% of those vaccinated at our medical clinics are low-income people of color.

St. John’s medical clinics in Los Angeles are situated in stand-alone, school-based, mobile, and affordable housing sites. The diversity and expanse of our network enables us to reach those who most need our services: 83% of patients live in households with incomes at or below the Federal Poverty Level; 74% are enrolled in Medi-Cal; and 26% are uninsured.

In addition to providing medical, dental, and behavioral health services, St. John’s goes beyond the traditional health care model by providing support services tailored to patients’ socio-economic needs and engaging the social determinants of health. Our partnerships with agencies in Los Angeles working in health, education, social services, child welfare, legal assistance, reentry/anti-recidivism, and community/economic development complement and deepen the impact of our work on residents and our advocacy for systemic improvement.

  • Our Mission
    Our mission is to improve community health and reduce health disparities by delivering high quality, comprehensive services and impacting health and social policy.

  • Our Vision
    St. John’s Community Health will be a catalyst for health equity and a leader in establishing systems of care, prevention strategies and public policies that promote social justice and community health improvement.

  • Our Core Values

    Dignity:
    We honor and respect every person we encounter—whether patient, colleague, or community member—as a valued part of the human family.

    Excellence:
    We support and champion the best standard of care, personal and professional growth, accountability, creativity, teamwork, and a steadfast commitment to quality.

    Well-being:
    We promote and advocate for the full integration of our patients’ physical and mental health in order to enable them to participate in their own health improvement and become active and responsible members of a vibrant and just community.

    Social Justice:
    We collaborate with others to develop systems, organizations and programs to advance equity and fairness in allocating community resources, and to empower and address the needs of all community members, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members.

Teodora, who has been a diabetes patient visiting St. John’s health clinics for 18 years, credits a St. John’s program with saving her life. She receives her medicine, nutrition counseling, and medical care through the program. The Diabetes Nutrition program has taught her both how to eat healthier and make healthier lifestyle choices. Three generations of her family receive medical care at St. John’s.

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St John’s Community Health is a contracted medical clinic partner with Health Care LA, IPA (HCLA). Through our partnership, we are able to care for patients enrolled with government sponsored managed care programs in Medi-Cal, Medicare Advantage and Medi-Medi. HCLA is the largest IPA network in Los Angeles County that contracts with FQHCs and community health centers. Click here to learn more about HCLA. (We provide services to anyone in need of care, regardless of insurance status.)

St. John’s Community Health is a FTCA deemed facility