Man with a mask and hat standing outside St. John's health clinic

Homeless Health Care Services in Los Angeles

St. John’s holistic approach to health care connects the marginalized homeless population with medical services, case management, and interim housing assistance. Our health workers cultivate relationships with homeless patients over time fostering the trust required to serve this community.

Our Avalon Clinic Homeless Drop-in Center provides a food pantry, access to showers, a place to relax, storage for bikes and shopping carts, a place for pets, clothing access, computer stations, laundry facilities, case management, and linkage to medical, behavioral, and substance abuse services.

We also offer homeless health care in Los Angeles at our Warner Traynham Health Center and Washington High School based health center and mobile clinic. Our mobile clinic docks in areas frequented by individuals and homeless families.

Case management and community outreach increase access to primary medical, dental, behavioral health care and support services for homeless and housing insecure patients.

Our Homeless Health Care Services:

  • Comprehensive primary medical care
  • TB screening
  • Well-woman checkups
  • Behavioral health services

  • Chronic disease screening (diabetes, hypertension, STI/HIV, cholesterol)

  • Substance abuse screening and counseling services
  • On-site lab testing
  • Health insurance enrollment assistance
  • Community and individual outreach
  • Needs assessments for linkage to appropriate services (CES, SPDAT & VI-SPDAT)
  • Partnerships with and linkages to local homeless service agencies
  • Health education

“St. John’s has made a 180-degree turn in my life. I can’t describe it in words. When I was on the streets, I thought I was worthless. They helped me change my mind and made my dreams come true. St. John’s has changed my life.”—Maria M

Patient Resources

At St. John’s, anyone is eligible to receive services, no matter their ability to pay. We accept Medi-Cal, Medicare and many other insurance plans. We have benefits counselors at all of our health centers to help patients determine their eligibility for insurance programs. For uninsured patients we offer services on a sliding scale cash basis. For a full list of insurance and payment options click here.

We offer Pharmacy, prescription and Laboratory services including: Senior programs, Public-Private Partnership, Sliding Fee Scale Pharmacy Programs, diagnostic and laboratory procedures, HIV and STD testing and more. Our Dispensaries offer prescription services to enrolled clinic patients.