Cost-Effectiveness of the Clubhouse Model
Our Clubhouses provide communities around the world with a cost-effective solution for reversing the devastating impact of mental illness on society, and for helping people who live with mental illness achieve their full potential.
Recent studies show that Clubhouses achieve tangible results for members and their communities:
“Pathways Clubhouse participated in an independent review of the value created from funding and donations received. The study found that Pathways yields $14 in societal value for every $1 received. Fourteen to One!” Source: Success Markets, Inc.
each year from 320+ Clubhouses in 34 countries.
One year of holistic recovery services are delivered to Clubhouse members for the same cost as a 2-week psychiatric hospital stay.
as a result of membership in a Clubhouse program.
Criminal justice system involvement is substantially diminished during and after Clubhouse membership.
Funding received from donors has been dedicated to our primary purpose: helping communities open and grow Clubhouses, where people with mental illness can go to get their lives back. Taken together, these programs have contributed substantially to the continuing expansion of the Clubhouse model around the world as the most cost-effective solution for counteracting the devastating effects of mental illness on people, their families and their communities.
Our support of new Clubhouse start-up groups led 19 of them in Australia, India, Ireland, Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. to start new Clubhouses and join us in 2014. We are currently working with 44 start-up groups in 15 countries, including Spain and Sri Lanka, who are working to start new Clubhouses.
Clubhouse International Accreditation™continues to make great strides: as of January 2014, there were 152 Accredited Clubhouses worldwide. In 2014, 58 Clubhouses achieved Accreditation, our worldwide standard of quality and a mark of their deep commitment to excellence.
Our New Clubhouse Development (NCD) Training program fosters the creation of community-based boards of directors that are well prepared to insure the successful development, growth and sustainability of their Clubhouses for years to come. In 2014, 67 start-up groups completed NCD training. Of these, 76% have opened or are working towards opening a Clubhouse.
In 2014, 124 Clubhouse groups from around the world participated in our basic and specialized Clubhouse training programs, which continue to attract strong demand. Clubhouse International’s training programs have been expanded to include Young Adult and Supported Education Training Tracks, in addition to an expanded Leadership Track.
We continue to develop and enhance research approaches to measure Clubhouse member outcomes and the effectiveness of our Clubhouse model, which is also included in SAMHSA’s National Registry of Approved Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.
Clubhouse International’s leadership, member Clubhouses and Coalitions are active in social, government and mental health advocacy efforts worldwide. As part of these global efforts, our staff or representatives participate in and present the Clubhouse model at many mental health forums and events.
We continue to educate the public and the media to help end the stigma surrounding mental illness and improve awareness of how Clubhouses save lives and livelihoods. Help us spread the word: follow us on Facebook and Twitter or sign up to receive our free newsletter.
Over 600 participants from as far away as Nepal and Sri Lanka met colleagues from Norway, Amsterdam, the US and so many other Clubhouse communities from around the world at Clubhouse International's World Seminar 2015, which was held in Denver, Colorado.
The work of Clubhouse International would not be possible without the
visionary leadership and generosity of our individual and group donors.
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Clubhouses powerfully demonstrate that people with mental illness can and do lead productive, happy lives. Each Clubhouse we open touches +/- 500 people in need!
Help ensure that people living with mental illness in your area have a place to go and support to find jobs, education, housing and a new lease on life.
Imagine if you had a place to go where you felt accepted, understood, hopeful AND that helped you get a job, go back to school or find a home. That is what Clubhouses offer.
