Joel Corcoran

At our clubhouses, about 40% of the people who participate at a clubhouse each day are employed in jobs in the community, integrated into businesses with all kinds of employers, pay the prevailing wage, and are given the opportunity to start to build a career and to do things that they want again. And that's important to a lot of people living with mental illness.

At our clubhouses, about 40% of the people who participate at a clubhouse each day are employed in jobs in the community, integrated into businesses with all kinds of employers, pay the prevailing wage, and are given the opportunity to start to build a career and to do things that they want again. And that's important to a lot of people living with mental illness.

If you talk to folks, one of the top two or three life goals is usually, I want to have a job where I'm getting paid, where I can contribute, where I can do something important. And so clubhouses have aggressive and successful employment program. There's also an evening weekend social program to help people rebuild social connections.

If you talk to folks, one of the top two or three life goals is usually, I want to have a job where I'm getting paid, where I can contribute, where I can do something important. And so clubhouses have aggressive and successful employment program. There's also an evening weekend social program to help people rebuild social connections.

If you talk to folks, one of the top two or three life goals is usually, I want to have a job where I'm getting paid, where I can contribute, where I can do something important. And so clubhouses have aggressive and successful employment program. There's also an evening weekend social program to help people rebuild social connections.

When your life gets disrupted by mental illness, you often lose your friends and your family and your connections. Far too often people are alone, living in an apartment alone or living at home with their parents and not able to come out and participate in the world. So having that social network again is really important. So Tony, when you say, what do we do?

When your life gets disrupted by mental illness, you often lose your friends and your family and your connections. Far too often people are alone, living in an apartment alone or living at home with their parents and not able to come out and participate in the world. So having that social network again is really important. So Tony, when you say, what do we do?

When your life gets disrupted by mental illness, you often lose your friends and your family and your connections. Far too often people are alone, living in an apartment alone or living at home with their parents and not able to come out and participate in the world. So having that social network again is really important. So Tony, when you say, what do we do?

We provide this over the top support for people living with mental illness and give them repeated opportunities to build success and to recover. And we do it in a way where we're sharing the work. There's a small professional staff that works at clubhouses, but they work as colleagues.

We provide this over the top support for people living with mental illness and give them repeated opportunities to build success and to recover. And we do it in a way where we're sharing the work. There's a small professional staff that works at clubhouses, but they work as colleagues.

We provide this over the top support for people living with mental illness and give them repeated opportunities to build success and to recover. And we do it in a way where we're sharing the work. There's a small professional staff that works at clubhouses, but they work as colleagues.

with members, and members of the clubhouse, people living with mental illness, are involved in every aspect of it. That shared work is what we think is restorative, and that's the crux of what our program is, being part of something with other people and contributing to the success of the group while at the same time building success for yourself.

with members, and members of the clubhouse, people living with mental illness, are involved in every aspect of it. That shared work is what we think is restorative, and that's the crux of what our program is, being part of something with other people and contributing to the success of the group while at the same time building success for yourself.

with members, and members of the clubhouse, people living with mental illness, are involved in every aspect of it. That shared work is what we think is restorative, and that's the crux of what our program is, being part of something with other people and contributing to the success of the group while at the same time building success for yourself.

That's a great question. The clubhouse started in 1948, so over 75 years ago, in Manhattan. With a single clubhouse, a group of people who had been released from a state psychiatric hospital began to gather in New York City where they lived. They recognized each other in the hospital, and they formed an organization to help each other.

That's a great question. The clubhouse started in 1948, so over 75 years ago, in Manhattan. With a single clubhouse, a group of people who had been released from a state psychiatric hospital began to gather in New York City where they lived. They recognized each other in the hospital, and they formed an organization to help each other.

That's a great question. The clubhouse started in 1948, so over 75 years ago, in Manhattan. With a single clubhouse, a group of people who had been released from a state psychiatric hospital began to gather in New York City where they lived. They recognized each other in the hospital, and they formed an organization to help each other.

They didn't want it to sound like a psychiatric program and get the stigma associated with that, so they called it the Juana Society, W-A-N-A, and that stood for We Are Not Alone. And the concept was we're stronger and more likely to build success when we're working together rather than going in alone.

They didn't want it to sound like a psychiatric program and get the stigma associated with that, so they called it the Juana Society, W-A-N-A, and that stood for We Are Not Alone. And the concept was we're stronger and more likely to build success when we're working together rather than going in alone.

They didn't want it to sound like a psychiatric program and get the stigma associated with that, so they called it the Juana Society, W-A-N-A, and that stood for We Are Not Alone. And the concept was we're stronger and more likely to build success when we're working together rather than going in alone.