Apply for Health Coverage
List of County offices to apply for Health Coverage
County listings are arranged in alphabetical order by county name and provide contact information on department offices for those who want to apply for health coverage.
Behavioral/Mental Health Services
Mental Health
Department
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is the
largest county-operated mental health department in the United States, directly
operating programs in more than 85 sites, and providing services via contract
program and DMH staff at approximately 300 sites co-located with other County
departments, schools, courts and other organizations. Each year, the County
contracts with more than 1,000 organizations and individual practitioners to
provide a variety of mental health-related services.
Department of Public
Health
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
protects health, prevents disease, and promotes the health and well-being for
all persons in Los Angeles County. Our focus is on the population as a whole,
and we conduct our activities through a network of public health professionals
throughout the community. Public health nurses make home visits to families with
communicable diseases; epidemiologists investigate the sources of disease
outbreaks; environmental health specialists ensure safe food, water, and
housing; and all work with community coalitions to advocate for public policies
to protect and improve health.
Resettlement Agencies
International Rescue Committee
IRC provides opportunities for refugees to thrive in
America. Each year, thousands of refugees are invited by the U.S. government to
seek safety and freedom. Forced to flee conflict or persecution, many have
survived for years against incredible odds. They step off the plane with next to
nothing but their dignity, hope and determination. In Los Angeles and many other
regional offices across the country, the IRC helps them rebuild their
lives.
Additional Resources
2-1-1 Information
211 LA County, a 501(c)3 organization, is one of the
largest and most effective resource lines in the nation providing access to
comprehensive social services and disaster support for L.A. County
residents.
Food Bank
The Food Bank collects food from hundreds of resources,
which ā with the help of 27,000 volunteers annually ā it distributes through a
network of more than 600 partner agencies. 97 percent of revenue raised go
directly to programs. Our efficiency and effectiveness led the LA Business
Journal to name the Food Bank as the āNonprofit Organization of the Yearā among
large local organizations in 2013.
CALfresh Food Assistance
The CalFresh Program helps to improve the health and
well-being of qualified households and individuals by providing them a means to
meet their nutritional needs.
Child
Care Assistance
In Los Angeles County, subsidized child care is available
for CalWORKs children through age 12, and exceptional needs and severely
disabled children up to age 18. For children ages 11 and 12, placement in a
before or after school program for child care is preferred. Families are
eligible to subsidized child care until their income exceeds 70% of the State
Median Income for their family size or their children exceed the age limits of
the program.
LA Housing Authority
Offers a range of programs specifically for low income,
homeless, disabled, children and seniors such as: Self-Sufficiency Program
(FSS), Homeless Program, Homeownership Program, Housing Opportunities for
Persons with Aids (HOPWA), Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, Project-Based Rental
Assistance, Mainstream - Housing Opportunities for Person with Disabilities,
Moderate rehabilitation, Shelter Plus Care Program, Moderate Rehab for Single
Room Occupancy.
Social Services
Our services include nutrition assistance in the form of
CalFresh benefits, employment services and supportive services via our
welfare-to-work programs, financial and homeless assistance for families through
the CalWORKs program, In-Home Supportive Services for our disabled and elderly
population, Medi-Cal and access to other healthcare plans offered under the
Affordable Care Act, and financial aid and homeless assistance for qualifying
individuals through the General Relief program.
American Red
Cross
Serves more than 88 cities and is comprised of five Red
Cross chapters: Northern Valleys, Greater Los Angeles, San Gabriel Pomona
Valley, Santa Monica and Long Beach/Rio Hondo.