COVID-19 Vaccine

• Healthcare workers in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other long-term care facilities
• Healthcare workers listed* in the Health Care/Public Health Sector of the CA Essential Workforce if they have one of the following occupational risks/critical functions:
  • Those at risk of direct patient exposure from their clinical and non-clinical roles
  • Those who come into direct contact with the virus through research, development, manufacturing, or testing
  • Those who are manufacturing vaccine, therapeutics, devices, supplies or personal protective equipment

Exception: the following Health Care/Public Health Sector workers are not considered eligible per CDPH Vaccine Allocation Guidelines:

• Workers that manage health plans, billing, and health information
• Workers supporting operations of outdoor recreational facilities for the purpose of facilitating physically distanced personal health and wellness through outdoor exercise
• Cannabis industry employees working in Food and Agriculture for growing, production, storage, transport and distribution (eligible in Phase 1B, Tier 1)
• Workers supporting veterinary services (eligible in Phase 1B, Tier 1)

• Residents of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other long term care facilities (LTCFs) are offered vaccine at their facilities.
  (LTCF are facilities that provide medical and personal care to adults, such as assisted living facilities and similar settings for older or medically vulnerable individuals, and special needs group living facilities)

If you started your vaccination as a resident of a LTCF but left the facility, you can make an appointment for your final dose at a location on this webpage. Be sure to check that it offers the same kind of vaccine as your first dose.

Those at risk of exposure at work (only on-site workers are eligible):

• Food service workers (including restaurants, cafeterias, fast food, convenience stores, animal/pet food stores, worker with a Food Cart/Street Vendor)
• Food delivery workers
• Food manufacturing workers
• Grocery store workers
• Pharmacy workers
• Animal agriculture workers including those involved in veterinary health
• Agricultural workers, including farmworkers and their support services and supply workers, who are responsible for the planting, cultivating, growing, harvesting, and bringing to market any agricultural or horticultural commodity. (Includes non-edible plants and flowers)
• Veterinarians and animal care workers
• Food and Agriculture-associated port and transportation workers
• Workers involved with food supply chain
• Government/Food Assistance program worker (volunteers eligible if working more than 20 hours/week and have a letter from the employer certifying eligibility)
• Permitted catering company worker (not home-based)
• Private domestic workers, such as gardeners and landscape workers (must work more than 20 hours per week)

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
• General hotel workers (only eligible if work in restaurant or giftshop that sells food/beverage)
• Anyone who buys or supports the sale of nursery stock from the original grower and is not employed by the original grower (e.g. florists, home garden stores, etc.).

Those at risk of exposure at work:

• Police/law enforcement officers
• Emergency Management, including Emergency Operations Center
• Fusion Center employees, including analysts
• 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 (1) work in one of the Eligible offices and (2) meet the emergency sector work requirement.
  • The only Eligible offices are Public Defender, Alternate Public Defender, District Attorney, Judicial Officers, Court administration/staff, County CEO’s Bar Panel attorneys, and Child Support Services Department (CSSD) attorneys.
  • For the Emergency sector work requirement, the staff member must work IN-PERSON at court routinely, in particular, at the Criminal, Mental Health, and Juvenile Courts, AND have direct, physical interaction with clients in Correctional Facilities (exemption for County Judges, court staff, and DA who are not required to directly interact in settings with detainees).
• 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, and people experiencing domestic violence), gang intervention workers, and community intervention workers)
• Short-term emergency foster care families)
• Sworn animal control officers and humane officers
• Disaster Service Workers (DSWs) who are working IN PERSON and are actively deployed (not working remotely from home)
• Public Works and utility worker employees (electricity, gas, water, waste, roads/highways) required to respond IN PERSON to provide emergency support alongside emergency services personnel. (Remote workers are not eligible)
  • Includes Caltrans workers who meet the above definition
  • Includes water utility workers who meet the above definition

Exception: the following people are NOT eligible

• US postal carriers/mail carriers
• Mail couriers
• Water utility workers who work remotely
• Public works employees who work remotely
• Cal Trans workers who work remotely
• Disaster Service Workers (DSWs) who are work remotely (e.g., contact tracers)
• Most private attorneys (only those who are part of the County CEO’s Bar Panel are eligible)

For public transit – see the new sector Transportation and Logistics

Those at risk of exposure at work:

• Instructors, teachers, professors, teaching assistants (TAs) and essential support staff needed to run these schools/facilities
  • Public Schools (K-12)
  • Independent Schools (K-12)
  • Charter Schools (K-12)
  • Contracted Educational Support Staff
  • Junior Colleges
  • Colleges & Universities
  • Technical & Trade Schools
  • Support staff involved in child/student care, including school bus drivers/monitors, crossing guards
  • School Sports coaches
• License and license-exempt CHILDCARE service providers (Infants, PreKindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten)
• Center-based Early Care Education
• Family Child Care Homes (FCC) - includes STAFF working at a family childcare
• School district-based Early Care Education
• Family, Friends & Neighbors (FFN) providing subsidized care
• Family members residing in a home where a licensed family childcare is located
• Early care and education support staff from Resources and Referral agencies, Alternative Payment agencies, and California Community Care Licensing.
• Youth recreation staff who work directly with children: (Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA, community-based organizations)
• Staff who work directly with children/youth as part of programming with the LA County Natural History Museum, and LA County and Cities Parks & Recreation, Public Library, and Beaches & Harbor departments
• Custodial staff and janitors
• Private domestic workers, such as nannies (must work more than 20 hours per week)

Exception: the following people are NOT eligible

• Homeschooling parents/guardians
• Parents/guardians assisting with cooperative early care education
• Private tutors
• Driver training instructors

Those at risk of exposure at work. Janitors/custodians/maintenance staff who work in a building, including:

• Staff who clean workplaces, including shared amenities such as bathrooms and break rooms
• Staff who clean in settings that are already eligible for vaccine (including healthcare, education and childcare, food and agriculture, emergency services, and congregate living situations, such as locations serving people experiencing homelessness and correctional facilities)
• Private domestic workers, such as house cleaners (must work more than 20 hours per week)

Exception: the following people are NOT eligible

• People who only work remotely
• People who only work outdoors or in parts of indoor buildings doing repairs that do not involve high-risk exposures to COVID-19 (for example, plumbing repair, off-site furniture repair, construction)

Beginning March 15, vaccination will be made available to people 16-64 years old who have certain health conditions and disabilities that put them at higher risk for serious COVID-19 illness:

• Cancer, current with weakened immune system
• Chronic kidney disease, stage 4 or above
• Chronic pulmonary disease, oxygen dependent
• Down syndrome
• Solid organ transplant, leading to a weakened immune system
• Pregnancy
• Sickle cell disease
• Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies (but not hypertension)
• Severe obesity (Body Mass Index of 40 or greater, CDC BMI Calculator)
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus with hemoglobin A1c level greater than 7.5%
• People who, as a result of a developmental or other significant high-risk disability, meet one or more of the following criteria:
  • A COVID-19 infection is likely to result in severe life-threatening illness or death; OR
  • Acquiring COVID-19 will limit the individual’s ability to receive ongoing care or services vital to their well-being and survival; OR
  • Providing adequate and timely COVID care will be particularly challenging as a result of the individual’s disability.
    
    The three criteria above include people with a range of physical and behavioral disabilities including  
  • Individuals with severe behavioral health issues and substance use disorders
  • Enrolled consumers of
    • Regional Centers
    • Independent Living Centers
    • In-Home Supportive Services
    • Community Based Adult Services
    • Medi-Cal HIV/AIDS Waiver
    • Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) Waiver
    • Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver (ALW)
    • Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
    • California Children’s Services (CSS) Program (if the child is 16-21 years old)
    • California Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP)

Private caregivers are also eligible (must work more than 20 hours per week)

Individuals who live or work in the following congregate residential settings:

• Incarceration/detention facility
• Homeless shelters recuperative care centers, encampments. Includes
  • People experiencing homelessness (PEH) who may transition into a shelter or congregate living setting
  • Staff who provide environmental services, client-facing administrators, security personnel, food services, floor monitors, case managers and counselors
  • Client-facing, non-clinical outreach workers who work in the field to assist PEH with housing, food, water, and hygiene; Access Center staff
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Behavioral health facility
• Substance use disorder residential facility
• Developmental Disability residential facility

Those at risk of exposure at work (only on-site workers are eligible):

• Public transit workers (mass transit bus, light rail, commuter train)
• Airport ground crew for commercial airlines
• Flight crews (must live or be based in LA County)

Exception: the following people are NOT eligible

• Aerospace workers
• Airport workers for private airplanes

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement e.g. a healthcare worker badge with photo and an LA County workplace would meet all 3 criteria).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you are a healthcare worker.
   Examples include:
   • Healthcare worker or student badge with photo
   • Professional license
   • paycheck from employer with your name
   • Letter from a California Regional Center noting that you are a healthcare worker status (letter must include your name and an attestation that the person you care for has a qualifying intellectual or developmental disability as per the Department of Developmental Services (DDS)). Note: medical documentation of the person with the qualifying condition will NOT be accepted.
   • Community Health Workers (CHW) and/or associated volunteers: letter from your employer with the name and address of the business or entity that you work for, and an attestation that you are an eligible CHW.
     Eligibility for CHW or volunteers include:
   • Currently on staff to conduct COVID-19 outreach in the field to promote COVID-19 safety, do contact tracing, or provide information about the vaccine (excludes staff who are doing virtual outreach only or providing any other type of administrative support for the project)
   • Outreach work in communities with high rates of COVID-19 (i.e., agencies assigned to priority communities with highest rates of COVID-19 by Public Health)
   • Outreach work is aligned when possible to connect with individuals, organizations and communities in proximity to recent COVID-19 outbreaks specifically to link symptomatic or at-risk individuals to care, testing, and vaccination.
     (Volunteers must work for at least 20+ hours a week in one of the areas noted above in order to be eligible)
   Massage therapists – a massage therapy license is the only acceptable documentation.

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement 3 criteria e.g. driver’s license).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live in LA County, and
3. Proof that you are age 50 or older

Examples of proof of age:

• Driving license (foreign country or expired ID okay)
• California ID card or REAL ID card (from the DMV)
• Medicare card
• Social Security card
• Military ID
• Passport (foreign country or expired okay)
• Medical document/records from medical provider, clinic, or doctor
• Membership card for a seniors only organization (foreign country okay if written in English)
• Consular ID (Matricula Consular)
• Any official document that includes name and date of birth

Examples of proof that you live in LA County (must show your name and address):

• Driver’s license
• California ID card or REAL ID card (from the DMV)
• Library card
• Postmarked letter
• Utility bill
• Vehicle registration
• Vehicle insurance
• Voter registration confirmation
• Rent receipt or lease or letter from landlord
• School or employment document
• Court document
• Law enforcement document (can be from immigration including deportation)
• Tax, bank, or insurance document
• Post Office change of address confirmation
• Letter or document from a Faith-based organization, shelter, non-profit institution with the name/address of issuing organization
• Membership card – Union, YMCA, store club card, fitness center, community or neighborhood association, apartment building association
• Consular ID (Matricula Consular)
• Any employment document from the other sectors (Food and Agriculture, Education and Childcare, Emergency Responder) IF these contain name and home address
• My Health LA ID card (this is acceptable even though it does not show your address because the card is only issued to people who live in LA County)

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

• White vaccine record or electronic vaccine record card AND a photo ID
  OR
• Second dose referral letter AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement e.g. if your paystub shows an address in LA County).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items, and
3. Proof that you are a food or agricultural worker.
   Examples include:
   • Badge with your name and your employer’s name
   • paycheck stub with your name
   • California Food Handler card
   • Certified Food Protection Manager card
   • Current food business operator permit
   • Food Handler/Manager card with employer attestation (see below)
   • ILWU Port worker card with photo
   • Copy of work shift schedule with your name
   • License (state veterinary medical license, registered veterinary technician, other state food business license)
   • Letter from your employer which includes your name, and the name and address of the business (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • Attestation from you which includes your name, your job title, and the name and address of the business (Templates available: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, հայերեն, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt, فارسى, Tagalog.  If you do not have access to a printer, it can be written by hand.)
   • Letter from your Union which includes your name, and the name the name and address of the business (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • Letter or attendance sheet from an agency/community-based organization that coordinates day-laborers for work in Food and Agriculture

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement e.g. a work badge with photo and an LA County workplace would meet all 3 criteria).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you are an emergency services worker.*
   Examples include:
   • Work badge with photo
   • Professional license
   • paycheck with your name
   • Letter from your employer which includes your name, and the name and address of the organization (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).

   *The following workers must bring a letter from their employer in addition to their work ID badge: APS, Caltrans, DSWs, utility workers, DPW

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement e.g. a work badge with photo and an LA County workplace would meet all 3 criteria).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items ), and
3. Proof that you work in the education sector.
   Examples include:
   • Work badge with photo
   • Professional license
   • paycheck with your name
   • Letter from your employer which includes your name, and the name and address of the organization (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement e.g. a work badge with photo and an LA County workplace would meet all 3 criteria).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you work in the early childhood education and childcare sector.
   Bring one of the documents from the list below:
   • Copy of State of CA Department of Social Services License for Day Care Center
   • Copy of State of CA Department of Social Services License for Family Day Care Home
   • Copy of State of California Emergency Child Care Waiver Novel Coronavirus 2019
   • School District badge or Paycheck Stub with your name
   • Resource and Referral/Alternative Payment Agency Badge or Paycheck Stub with your name
   • Community Care Licensing (Department of Social Services) badge
   • Youth Agency Badge or Paycheck Stub with your name for Boys and Girls Club, YMCA/YWCA, or other youth organization.
   • Alternative Payment/voucher attendance sheet or invoice
   • For administrators and coaches that go into the classroom and provide direct support to ECE providers: Letter signed by director on letterhead which includes name of employee, facility and facility address
   • Letter from your employer which includes your name, and the name and address of the business (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • Attestation from you which includes your name, your job title, and the name and address of the business (Templates available: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, հայերեն, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt, فارسى, Tagalog.  If you do not have access to a printer, it can be written by hand.)

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement e.g. a work badge with photo and an LA County workplace would meet all 3 criteria). (see eligibility section for more details).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you work in Janitorial/Custodial services.
   Bring one of the documents from the list below:
   • Union card
   • Work badge with name and photo
   • Paycheck stub with your name
   • Copy of work shift schedule with your name
   • Letter from your employer which includes your name, and the name and address of the organization (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • Letter from your Union which includes your name, and the name and address of the organization (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • Attestation from you which includes your name, your job title, and the name and address of the business (Templates available: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, հայերեն, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt, فارسى, Tagalog.  If you do not have access to a printer, it can be written by hand.)

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you meet the eligibility criteria for high-risk medical conditions or disabilities or are a caregiver who works 20 hours a week or more.
   Bring one of the documents from the list below:
   • A letter from your medical provider, behavioral health provider, or California Department of State Hospitals Conditional Release Program (CONREP) that confirms that you are eligible for vaccination based on your underlying condition or disability (the letter does not need to state the medical condition)
   • For Medi-Cal program enrollees - a personalized letter from California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
   • For IHSS consumers – a personalized letter from California Department of Social Services (DSS)
   • For Regional Center consumers – a personalized letter from California Department of Social Services/Regional Centers (DSS)
   • For CSS program consumers – a personalized letter from California Children’s Services (CSS)
   • An attestation that you sign that states you meet the eligibility criteria for high-risk medical conditions or disabilities, or are a caregiver who works 20 hours a week or more. (Templates available: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, հայերեն, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt, فارسى, Tagalog.  If you do not have access to a printer, it can be written by hand.)

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you live or work in a congregate living setting.
   Examples include:
   • Work badge with photo
   • Professional license
   • Paycheck stub with your name
   • Letter from your employer that includes your name, and the name and address of the organization (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • An attestation that you sign that states you live in a congregate residential setting or care home or are experiencing homelessness and currently stay in a shelter or may transition into a shelter at short notice. [Templates available: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, հայերեն, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt, فارسى, Tagalog.  If you do not have access to a printer, it can be written by hand.)

You must bring document(s) to show all 3 of the following:
(Note: one document may cover more than one requirement).

1. Photo ID (does not have to be government issued), and
2. Proof that you live or work in LA County (if your other documents do not include your home or work address, see list for acceptable items), and
3. Proof that you work in transportation and logistics.
   Examples include:
   • Work badge with photo
   • Professional license
   • Paycheck stub with your name
   • Letter from your employer that includes your name, and the name and address of the organization (template to fill out on a computer or by hand).
   • Attestation that you sign that includes your name, job title, and the name and address of the business/organization (Templates available: English, Español, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, հայերեն, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt, فارسى, Tagalog.  If you do not have access to a printer, it can be written by hand.)

• White vaccine record card or electronic vaccine record AND a photo ID