Program areas at Howard Brown Health Center
Medical: Howard Brown Health Center provides comprehensive, compassionate, nonjudgmental, and holistic primary medical care services including general check-ups, dental services, gynecological services, child wellness, hiv/aids treatment, walk-in services and geriatric care. We receive funding from the Health resources and services administration, Illinois department of public Health, chicago department of public Health, aids foundation of chicago, private foundations, and other sources to provide care to 31,799 unduplicated patients who had 79,842 visits regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
Behavioral Health: Howard Brown Health Center provides behavioral Health services through counseling, psychiatry and psychotherapy. Experienced and licensed counselors, social workers, psychiatrists and psychologists provide individual, couples, family, and group therapies, including substance abuse treatment and violence recovery services. Currently we receive funding from the Health resources and services administration, chicago department of public Health, Illinois department of human services, and corporate/foundation sources to provide behavioral Health services. For 2021, 2,366 unduplicated patients accessed behavioral Health services for 13,249 visits.
Youth services: Howard Brown Health Center provides an array of youth-specific services at the broadway youth Center location. These services include: resource advocacy, education and vocation services, a basic needs drop-in program, ongoing workshops, sti/hiv testing and treatment, therapy, and peer-led support groups. We receive funding from federal, state and local governments as well as corporations, foundations and individual donors to carry out these activities.
Prevention: Howard Brown Health Center provides public education and awareness about hiv/aids and sti's via many channels, traditional and non-traditional. Our prevention team provides direct service delivery of hiv counseling and testing, partner and referral services, Health information and public awareness campaigns. Currently we receive funding from many sources including federal, state and local governments, corporations, and foundations.
Research: Howard Brown Health Center conducts extensive research on hiv/aids and the Health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population. The breadth of our research includes behavioral and clinical studies, in multiple modalities, analyzing the efficacy of hiv/aids prevention interventions, examining smoking cessation, evaluating engagement and retention in care for transgender women of color, and examining the Health of at-risk individuals. Currently, we receive funding, directly or through sub-awards, from the centers for disease control and prevention, private pharmaceutical entities, and others to conduct research and to achieve the greatest level of scientific merit in our fields of focus.