UPCOMING EVENTS

COVID-19 Testing & No-Cost COVID-19 Vaccinations:

Please call your desired CNCHC clinic location for more information about receiving your COVID-19 vaccine/COVID-19 test or visit our COVID-19 Page. 

If you have health insurance, please bring your health insurance information. Health insurance and United States Citizenship is not required to receive your free COVID-19 vaccine or COVID-19 test!

We are currently only vaccinating children and adults ages 12-years-old and older.

COVID-19 Testing, Treatment & Vaccinations

Getting vaccinated and boosted is the best way to stay protected against serious COVID-19 illness.

• CDC recommends COVID-19 primary series vaccine and booster shots for ages 6 months and up.
• Boosters are recommended for individuals 5 years and older who’ve completed the primary series to help stay protected from COVID-19.
• Booster shots can be received at least 2 months after completing the primary COVID-19 vaccination series.
• Plaxlovid now available for treating COVID 19. 

If you have COVID-19 and are more likely to get very sick, treatments are available that can reduce your chances of hospitalization and death. Don’t delay, Treatment must be started within days after you first develop symptoms to be effective. Other medications can help reduce symptoms and help you manage your illness.

To access treatment, call for an appointment or walk into any or our locations.

Mammogram Screening at CNCHC's Central Clinic:

Recurring Event - Join us for Mammogram Screening with our partners Alinea Medical Imaging every 2nd Tuesday of each month at our CNCHC Central Clinic! We highly encourage you to make an appointment, to schedule an appointment, please call: 323-234-5000.

A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breast. Regular mammograms are the best tests doctors have to find breast cancer early, sometimes up to three years before symptoms appear.

For more information regarding Alina Medical Imaging, please visit: https://alineamed.com

Location: Central Clinic | 2707 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90011

Time: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Central Neighborhood Christian Health Clinic

Medication for Addiction Treatment Program

The lead navigator for Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) at the Central Neighborhood Christian Health Clinics (CNCHC), a safety net health hub serving Los Angeles, had just pulled up into Alta Park when someone knocked on his vehicle’s door shouting “Hey, this guy is suffering from a fentanyl overdose over here!” Luckily, the CNCHC Navigator was carrying Narcan – a lifesaving drug used to treat opioid overdose. He ran into the park and found a man lying on the ground unresponsive.

“The guy was unconscious; his eyes were rolled to the back of his head. His lips were grey, and he had the signs of an overdose,” the CNCHC Navigator recalls. He administered a kit of Narcan— inserted the nozzle inside the man’s nose and gave a quick squeeze- but nothing happened. He then did chest compressions and CPR, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for several minutes. The CNCHC Navigator worked urgently to revive the patient. Getting no response from the comatose man, he then administered another dose of Narcan. This time, the man began breathing.”

Saving people on the brink of dying from a drug overdose may be the most dramatic way that CNCHC is combating the opioid epidemic, but it’s just part of a coordinated strategy involving prevention, harm reduction, and treatment, along with consistent health care and other services. The CNCHC MAT team is part of the Wave 4 of Addiction Treatment Starts Here, or ATSH, a program from the Center for Care Innovations (CCI) which helps curb the opioid epidemic in California. 

For more information about the Central Neighborhood Christian Health Clinics substance misuse program Medication for Addiction Treatment, please call (213) 447-8722.