History
In 1970, the United American Indians of Santa Clara Valley,reorganized as the San Jose American Indian Center, becoming a community-based information and referral agency. In 1975, the Center moved from a modest building in the Civic Center Area to Downtown San Jose. This site served as a gathering place for the AI/AN community, where they could play fast pitch softball and basketball, and began developing a library to support education programs. In 1994, IHC needed a much larger facility to house its expanded services, and so they moved to Central San Jose, where our Main Site at 1333 Meridian Avenue still serves our community. After this move, IHC began to experience steady growth and we expanded to additional locations. Today, we are honored to continue the work of providing high quality, culturally competent medical and wellness services to American Indians andAlaska Natives, and people from all walks of life.
Specialties
We provide high quality comprehensive health care and wellness to all members of our community. Founded in 1977, we have been serving our community for over 40 years. As a certified Patient Centered Health Home, we provide a full range of primary care and illness prevention services. We focus on holistic services, health education and American Indian values such as healing the whole family. We emphasize care coordination and communication between the patient and provider, and achieve better health outcomes by putting the patients' needs first.