Op-Ed: The Time Is NOW To Save Community-Based Clubhouses

by Patricia C. Jordan

The Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center has offered a Clubhouse program.

Which offers individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, a supportive environment where they are encouraged and assisted to reach their individual & self-determined goals for more than three decades.

Our program follows the model set forth by Clubhouse International – to provide a collaborative, restorative environment where members can recover by gaining access to opportunities for employment, socialization, education, and skill development. The success in following these guidelines in addition to the accomplishments our members have experienced over the years is why our program is one of several accredited Clubhouse programs in the City of New York.

“… learn skills necessary to find meaningful employment.”

Read the full Op-Ed at Harlem World