Who is eligible?

In order to get a year's supply of free vitamins, you must:

• Be a woman between the ages of 14 - 44
• Live in San Francisco
• Be able to show proof of residency

Where do I go?

Come to our Go Folic! Office:
30 Van Ness Avenue @ Market Streets
Suite 260 (Second Floor, turn right at first hall after elevators)
Phone: 1-800-300-9950
Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1 PM - 4:30 PM
Google Map Direction & MUNI Routes

If you are a Healthy SF Enrollee, or a DPH Youth Clinic or Community Health Network Client...

You can get your vitamins at one of the clinics or programs listed below. We continue to add new distribution centers, so check back if yours isn't currently on the list.

Balboa Teen Health Center (ages 18 and under)
1000 Cayuga Avenue (Bus Lines 14, 15, 26, 29, 43, 49, Balboa Park MUNI and BART Station)
Phone: 469-4512

Chinese Hospital Association of San Francisco
(Low-Income San Francisco clients only)
Sunset Health Services:
1800 31st Avenue @ Noriega
Phone: 677-2388
Excelsior Health Services:
888 Paris Street #202
Phone: 677-2488

Cole Street Clinic (ages 24 and under)
555 Cole (Bus Lines 6, 7, 24, 33, 37, 43, 71)
Phone: 751-8181

Hawkins Village Teen Health Center (ages 24 and under)
1099 Sunnydale Avenue, 3rd Floor (Bus Lines: 9. 15)
Phone: 585-2451

Hip Hop to Health Clinic (ages 24 and under)
446 Randolph Street (Bus Lines: 29, M)
Phone: 337-4719

Larkin Street Medical Clinic (ages 24 and under)
1138 Sutter Street (Bus Lines 2, 3, 4, 19, 76)
Phone: 673-0911 x259

Maxine Hall Health Center
(During Women's Clinic Hours)
1301 Pierce Street (Bus Lines: 22, 24, 31, 38)
Phone: 292-1300

SFCC Student Health Center
(must be enrolled at City College)
1600 Holloway Avenue (@ Phelan)
Phone: 338-1251

If you are a WIC or SF Black Infant Health Improvement Project Client...

Both of these programs are distributing vitamins to their clients. Call 1-800-300-9950 for details.

What's in Go Folic! Multis?

Want to know what's in our vitamins? Please click here to see the Go Folic! Multis bottle label (PDF - will come up in a new browser window).

What is the best way to take vitamins?

Many people have not been taught how to take vitamins. Here is the 411 to get the most out of your multi-vitamin:

1. Take it everyday
2. Take it with food to prevent nausea
3. Take it at the end of a meal to help absorption
4. Continue taking it, even if you forget and skip one or more days

To learn more, please read the Clinician's Corner post, "Is There a Best Way to Take Vitamins?" on our Go Folic! Blog.

How do I know if my multi-vitamin has enough folic acid?

Go Folic! Multis have 800 mcg of folic acid. You may already be taking a daily multi-vitamin that you like. If so, you can check the label to see if it has enough folic acid. One serving should have 400 mcg or 100% of the RDA for folic acid.

How can I get more folate in my diet?

Folate is the form of folic acid in food. The following foods are high in folate: leafy greens, beans & lentils, peanuts and sunflower seeds, orange juice, berries, and avocados. Click here to get a longer list (will come up in a new browser window). Click here for some tasty recipes (PDF file).