South Central Heals

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

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!

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

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South Central Heals is a 5-year initiative of Esperanza Community Housing, St. John’s Community Health, and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to nurture health and well-being in our South Central community.

How do Community Public Health Teams work?

We work directly with South Central L.A. residents to understand their health needs and conduct household health assessments.

Home Visits & Outreach

We connect residents to health and social service programs, and guide them through referrals and follow-ups.

Service Matching

Community Action Plan

We empower the community to collectively define health and well-being priorities and create an action plan.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Promotores de Salud are graduates of the Esperanza Community Housings' 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). Esperanza Community Housing 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: FREE HIV/STD Self Test Kit (HOME).

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.

Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
3655 South Grand Avenue, Suite 280
Los Angeles, California 90007

Angelica Romero, Program Manager
angelicar@esperanzacommunityhousing.org
(213) 373-1384

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