Starting May 4, DRC staff will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays at the Molina One Stop Center at 6583 Atlantic Ave. #110 (Corner of Atlantic Ave and Artesia Blvd)

Beginning in May, disabled residents in North Long Beach will have a more convenient option to help them access essential benefits and services.

The nonprofit Disabled Resource Center is expanding its hours at its satellite location on Atlantic Avenue and Artesia Boulevard.

For 50 years, the organization has served Southern Californians with disabilities by connecting them “to programs and resources that help them live their most independent life,” said Jennifer Kumiyama, executive director of the center.

Those resources include assistance with benefits, employment services, mobility training, housing resources and assistive technology, Kumiyama said — “anything that you can imagine that equates independence.”

In order to access these resources, most people travel to the DRC’s primary location at the intersection of Spring Street and Temple Avenue, just south of the airport. It’s a hard location to reach, with limited connections to bus lines, and it takes some residents an hour to get there, Kumiyama said.

In an effort to reach people in historically underserved neighborhoods, the DRC team is now expanding its services in North Long Beach. Starting May 4, DRC staff will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays at the Molina One Stop Center at 6583 Atlantic Ave. #110.