Howard Brown Health
Howard Brown Health was founded in 1974 and is now one of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) organizations.
With an annual budget of over $200 million, the agency serves more than 40,000 adults and youth in its diverse health and social service delivery system focused around seven major programmatic divisions:
- Primary medical care,
- Behavioral health,
- Research,
- HIV/STI prevention,
- Youth services,
- Elder services, and
- Community initiatives.
Howard Brown serves men, women, trans and gender non-conforming folks, infants, youth, and children through a multi-site operation based in Chicago that includes a main health and research center in the Uptown neighborhood, Howard Brown Health Sheridan, and our other clinics Howard Brown Health Halsted in Lakeview, Howard Brown Health Clark in Rogers Park, Howard Brown Health 63rd Street in Englewood, Howard Brown Health 55th Street in Hyde Park, Howard Brown Health at La Casa Norte in Humboldt Park, Broadway Youth Center, and three Brown Elephant resale shops in Chicago (Northalsted and Andersonville neighborhoods) and Oak Park.