All groups in Phase 1B, Tier 1 are now being offered vaccine.
Phase 1B Tier 1
How to get vaccinated
The following prioritization is from the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy Phase 1B, Tier 1
- Persons 65 years and older
- Education and childcare
Those at risk of exposure at work:
- Public Schools (K-12)
- Independent Schools
- Charter Schools
- Daycare and Early Childhood Education
- Contracted Educational Support Staff
- Junior Colleges
- Colleges & Universities, including teaching assistants
- Technical & Trade Schools
- Support staff involved in child/student care, including school bus drivers/monitors, crossing guards
- School Sports coaches
- Exception: the following people are NOT eligible:
- Private nannies and babysitters are not eligible.
- Homeschooling parents/guardians
- Parents/guardians assisting with cooperative early care education
- Private tutors
- Driver training instructors
- Emergency services
Those at risk of exposure at work in the following sectors
:
- Police/law enforcement officers
- Emergency Management, including Emergency Operations Center
- National Security
- Fire and Rescue service workers (maritime/aviation emergency rescue, Search and Rescue, Fire)
- Hazardous material response teams (HAZMAT)
- Corrections and Probation officers and workers
- Courts/Legal Counsel & Prosecution staff who are required to be in-person at court routinely and interact with clients in correctional facilities.
- Includes judges and court administrators/staff, and staff who work in the Public Defender’s Office, Alternate Public Defender, District Attorney’s Office
- Campus and school police
- Rehabilitation and Re-entry
- Federal law enforcement agencies
- Police, Fire and Ambulance Dispatchers
- Security staff to maintain building access control and physical security measures
- DCFS, APS (workers physically responding to abuse and neglect of children, elderly and dependent adults)
- Fusion Center employees, including analysts
- Sworn animal control officers and human officers
- Disaster Service Workers (DSWs) who are working IN PERSON and are actively deployed (not working remotely from home)
- Exception: the following people are NOT eligible:
- US postal carriers/mail carriers
- Water utility workers
- Public Works staff
- Cal Trans workers
- Airline flight attendants
- Aerospace workers
- Disaster Service Workers (DSWs) who are working REMOTELY from home (e.g., contact tracers)
- Food and agriculture
Those at risk of exposure at work in the following sectors
(only on-site workers are eligible):
- Food service workers (including restaurants, fast food, convenience stores)
- Food delivery workers
- Food manufacturing workers
- Grocery store workers
- Pharmacy workers
- Animal agriculture workers including those involved in veterinary health
- Farmworkers
- Veterinarians
- Food and Agriculture-associated port and transportation workers
- Government/Food Assistance program worker (volunteers eligible if working more than 20 hours/week and have a letter from the employer certifying eligibility)
- Catering company worker (not home-based)equipment
- Exception: the following people are NOT eligible:
- Equestrian center staff and horse groomers
- Pest control technicians for houses
- Home and garden store workers or suppliers
- Workers supporting the growth and distribution of plants not for commercial human consumption
- Receptionists in Veterinary offices