About Us

SJSU’s Healthy Development Community Clinic (HDCC) provides services that support holistic wellness for children, youth, and families, while also giving graduate and undergraduate students opportunities for field-specific and interdisciplinary training.

Through primary prevention and early intervention, we seek to reduce stigma, foster mental wellness, and increase community connection through culturally-responsive services. We seek to create safe spaces for children, youth, and families to find support and a sense of community, with the goal of promoting equity by improving access to care and reducing health disparities.

Our Mission 

SJSU’s Healthy Development Community Clinic (HDCC) is an innovative interdisciplinary training clinic providing free, student-led services that promote holistic wellness for children, youth, and families across Santa Clara County through culturally sustaining, research-supported preventative health services and education.

How we serve the community:

• Provide high-quality physical, psychological, communicative, and relational wellness through screenings, brief assessments, short-term services, education, and referrals. Explore our initiatives to learn more.
• Community-centered and locally networked - we create programs and services based on community-needs assessments, and we partner with local organizations around San Jose.
• Offer culturally-sustaining and trauma-informed practices, building on clients' existing strengths, protective factors, social supports, and cultural resources.
• Create interprofessional internships and practica for SJSU students.
• Bridge physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional domains.
• Research-to-practice implementation for SJSU students and faculty.