A Community Health Center that offers Counseling, Primary Health, and State Benefit Assistance
Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services (Hamdard) is a non-profit community health center whose mission is to promote the physical and emotional health and psychological well-being of individuals and families by offering hope, help, and healing. model by providing culturally-sensitive and linguistically-appropriate services to families. Hamdard was established in 1992 by co-founders Dr. Mohammad Hamid and the late Dr. Farzana Hamid as a proactive response to the critical mental health needs of South Asian and Middle Eastern communities. Hamdard’s philosophy is to meet the needs of the underserved through its comprehensive service.
Hamdard has traditionally provided behavioral health counseling and psychiatry, domestic violence services (crisis intervention, emergency shelter, and partner abuse intervention program), elderly day services, case management, and community outreach and education. Hamdard operates from its primary locations on Devon Avenue in Chicago and in the Village of Addison in DuPage County.
Keywords: Health, Counseling, Domestic Violence, Non-Profit, Community