Broadway Youth Center — Chicago, IL
Broadway Youth Center is a community health center clinic at 1023 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613, open 40 hours a week. The typical Illinois clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Howard Brown Health Center, which serves 42,984 patients across 8 clinic locations.
- Address: 1023 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613 · Directions
- Phone: (773) 388-1600
- Weekly hours: 40 (Illinois clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Howard Brown Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Howard Brown Health Center
Patients came to Howard Brown Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 5,327 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 11,732 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 76 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 277 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 6,522 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,463 | patients tested |
| Family planning | 1,565 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 2,154 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 4,401 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 1,779 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 20,179 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 17,409 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 78 | children tested |
Howard Brown Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Howard Brown Health Center serves
42,984 patients used Howard Brown Health Center in 2025. 69% live at or below the poverty line and 81% are at or below twice the poverty line. 465 patients were experiencing homelessness and 385 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | IL median | U.S. median | vs IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 69% | 73% | 65% | −3 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 81% | 95% | 92% | −15 pts |
| Measure | This center | IL median | U.S. median | vs IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 20% | 17% | 14% | +3 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 29% | 56% | 42% | −27 pts |
| Medicare patients | 4% | 7% | 11% | −2 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 46% | 16% | 24% | +31 pts |
Quality of care at Howard Brown Health Center
Howard Brown Health Center is at or above the Illinois median on 0 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | IL median | U.S. median | vs IL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 66% | 67% | 68% | −1 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 39% | 48% | 54% | −9 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 39% | 57% | 54% | −18 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 36% | 37% | 44% | −2 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 69% | 84% | 77% | −15 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 80% | 86% | 86% | −7 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 76% | 80% | 79% | −4 pts |
Staffing at Howard Brown Health Center
The health center employs 472 full-time-equivalent staff, including 44 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 24 dental staff and 23 mental health staff. That is 988 patients per clinical provider against the Illinois median of 964 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 146,786 visits, about 3.4 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 60613
3,567 Howard Brown Health Center patients live in ZIP 60613, and 20% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Tapestry 360 Health — 648 patients from 60613
- Erie Family Health Center, Inc. — 359 patients from 60613
- Lawndale Christian Health Center — 225 patients from 60613
- Near North Health Service Corporation — 161 patients from 60613
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