Accountability. Impact. Community.

60 years of social justice and health equity.

When did providing healthcare become an act of defiance?

Resilience, Joy, Justice,Culture, Unity, Family, Love.

This is what vaccine equity looks like.

Battling Covid-19 in South Los Angeles: St. John’s on the frontlines.

Our mission has always been to serve the most vulnerable and disenfranchised families, and we continued to achieve this mission in 2018 with the deepest love and respect for the patients we serve.

Fighting For Health: “The St. John’s community has been fighting for health and we will continue to fight for health. But now more than ever, we need everyone to take a stand.” – President and CEO Jim Mangia. Read more about how St. John’s is expanding services and fighting for the health of our patients and our community.

Our patients speak out about why we need to fight to save the Affordable Care Act. “Every person has a fundamental human right to health.”  – Jim Mangia

Another day in the life of St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, another day in the life of South Los Angeles. St. John’s is more than a traditional community health center. We are part of the developing social fabric that is transforming the health and well-being of South Los Angeles residents.

For 50 years St. John’s has been leading “change through health” in South L.A. by continuous and growing access to primary health care for all low-income residents, advocating for health insurance coverage for all, including undocumented immigrants, addressing the social determinants of health, supporting healthcare for the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors fleeing violence and brutality in Central America, providing a living wage of $15 an hour for every St. John’s employee, and expanding our services to homeless and transgender community residents.

St. John’s recognizes the crucial impact that Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) will have on our communities. St. John’s made significant efforts to expand to meet the growing healthcare needs of the downtown and South Los Angeles communities we have served for nearly 50 years. Read more about how St. John’s has expanded and developed innovative programming to prepare for Obamacare and create an even stronger and more patient-centered medical home for our patients.

At St. John’s, we believe that true mission-driven partnerships are what really impact the health, social, and economic status of our communities. Read more about how these partnerships have grown and thrived to produce results that could never have been achieved alone.

Can people simultaneously pursue their health while they pursue freedom? We believe they can. Read more about our mission-driven health service programs and the strength of our advocacy and organizing activities.

The guiding principle of love informs every aspect of our work and has impacted the growth and expansion of St. John’s services and locations. Read more about how this care has resulted in dramatic improvements in the health of patients who access our health centers.

At St. John’s, we believe that everyone has the fundamental human right to health. Read more about how we have shaped our healthcare scope of practice, our organizing efforts, and our advocacy strategies to incorporate the “right to health” in all aspects of our work.

Close to 1 million people live in South Los Angeles – the most densely populated neighborhood in Southern California. Read how – in the face of grinding poverty and a strained safety net – we have fostered strength, self-sustenance, and well-being in the communities we serve.