Urban Salt Community Acupuncture Clinic

Urban Salt Community Acupuncture Clinic is a nonprofit dedicated to making holistic, integrative healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone — regardless of income, background, or prior experience with alternative medicine.

Urban Salt Community Acupuncture Clinic is dedicated to establishing access to affordable, integrative healthcare for underserved communities and those with financial need. We operate two clinic locations in Long Beach and Santa Ana, offering sliding-scale to free care so that cost is never a barrier to healing.

Our community acupuncture model is designed for efficiency and inclusion — treating patients in a shared environment makes care more accessible, more affordable, and more frequent. This approach encourages regular treatment, comprehensive health coaching, and lasting positive outcomes. For those managing chronic conditions, the communal setting also offers something less tangible but equally important: a sense of belonging.

Our work extends beyond patient care. We run a free clinic, outreach programs serving people in addiction recovery and those experiencing houselessness, and a workforce development track that creates employment pathways for new practitioners while providing training in practice management.

Volunteering with Urban Salt is an invitation to support that mission from the inside — helping sustain the daily rhythm of the clinic, supporting patient flow, and extending awareness of community acupuncture into the world. Whether you're a student, a community member, or someone curious about nonprofit healthcare, you'll gain meaningful exposure to how community-based medicine actually functions.