About:

The Wellness Center opened its doors in 2014 and is the flagship program of the LAC+USC Medical Center Foundation.  The Wellness Center offers free programs and services focusing on improving the health and well-being of residents in Boyle Heights and neighboring Eastside communities.

 

The Wellness Center provides culturally sensitive evidence-based programs to:

 

• Address the root cause of disease

• Empower residents and patients to take control of their own health and lives

• Improve the health outcomes for the community and patients

 

This is achieved through the expansion of preventative care services, encourage collaboration between non-profit groups, attract community development and investment in a largely underserved area, and become a key component of an East Los Angeles regional integrated health care delivery system.

 

History:

Spearheaded by Los Angeles County's First Supervisorial District (SD1), and with generous support from The California Endowment, the Wellness Center at the Historic General Hospital on the Los Angeles General Medical Center campus houses like-minded nonprofit organizations that have a vision of making Los Angeles' Eastside, a historically significant and densely populated group of neighborhoods, a healthy Village. 

 

This collaboration between SD1 and The California Endowment is an effort to honor the institution where millions of Los Angeles County residents have received care and its history of healing as well as an opportunity to pioneer a change in the medical field. By switching from a treatment-based medical system to one that is more comprehensive and focused on prevention of disease, we can create healthier communities.