History
In 1967, the Alviso community, aided by Stanford Medical School, medical students and the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, built the Alviso Family Health Center, a community clinic to fill the gap of non-existent medical care for Mexican farm workers. When services were expanded into the City of San Jose, the name was changed to Family Health Foundation of Alviso, Inc. Around the same time, in a separate community, a group in the Gardner neighborhood, aided by Stanford Medical School, medical students and Sacred Heart Church organized Gardner Health Center, a community clinic helping cannery workers. In 70's, mental health became a core service offered to youth. Gardner also provided Santa Clara County its first mental health program. In '97, we rebranded to become Gardner Family Health Network offering primary care services and its subsidiary, Gardner Family Care Corp. providing Specialty Mental Health, Substance Abuse and WIC.
Specialties
Family Practice, Intern Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Chiropractic, Nutrition Services Mission: To improve the health status of communities especially the disenfranchised, disadvantaged and the most vulnerable by providing high quality, comprehensive health care, including prevention and education, early intervention, treatment and advocacy services which are affordable, respectful, culturally and linguistically appropriate.