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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:
people/year are reached by 350+ Clubhouses in 32 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.
26 New Clubhouses opened in 2024 with three additional Clubhouses re-joining Clubhouse International. These new Clubhouses were based in Australia, Norway, Taiwan, and 12 states in the USA. We are currently working with 48 Startup groups in 14 countries, including Canada, India, Liberia, and Uganda, among other countries.
Clubhouse International Accreditation™continues to make great strides. Today, 80% of all Clubhouses are Accredited compared to just 46% in 2014. Accreditation is 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 that are well prepared to insure the long-term sustainability of their Clubhouses. These trainings are offered both in-person and virtually. As of 2024, we have now trained 139 new Startup Groups from across the globe with approximately 80% successfully starting new Clubhouses!
In 2023, we provided training to 216 unique groups involving 593 individuals. We also held a USA Clubhouse Conference in Utah attended by 422 individuals representing 127 Clubhouses and Coalitions from 32 US States and four countries. We have also converted our training programs to virtual training and webinars.
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. We are a founding partner of Mental Health Action Day powered by MTV. Add your voice to our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or sign up to receive our free newsletter.
In 2022 an in-person World Seminar was held on September 17-22 and attracted over 600 participants from 14 countries, 32 U.S. states, and nearly 170 Clubhouses, in addition to several global mental health organizations and stakeholders. Guest speakers included Dévora Kestel, Director of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, who opened the proceedings.
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.
