Vocational Resources
The International Center for Clubhouse Development is a global network that creates opportunities for people living with mental illness to be respected members of society. ICCD clubhouses are founded on the realization that recovery from serious mental illness must involve the whole person in a vital and culturally sensitive community. A clubhouse community offers respect, hope, mutuality, and unlimited opportunity to access the same worlds of friendship, housing, education, and employment as the rest of society. Visit the ICCD Web site at www.iccd.org to find out if there is a clubhouse in your area.
Fountain House is a nationally recognized center for research into the rehabilitation of individuals with mental illness. It is a key training base for the worldwide replication of Fountain House's pioneering Clubhouse Model. Increasingly, it is becoming an influential voice in continuing local, statewide, and national efforts to promote the rights of men and women with mental illness and to battle the barriers and stigma they face. The Fountain House vision is that people with mental illness everywhere achieve their potential and are respected as coworkers, neighbors, and friends. Since its founding in New York City in 1948, Fountain House has helped more than 16,000 men and women to achieve more independent, productive, and rewarding lives.
