The Arc of Western Wayne County: Serving people with disabilities

The Take Charge Helpline

Clubhouse Programs

A Clubhouse is a place where people who have had mental illness come to rebuild their lives.  The participants are called members, not patients and the focus is on their strengths, not their illness.  Work in the clubhouse, whether it is clerical, data input, meal preparation or reaching out to their fellow members, provides the core healing process.

Every opportunity provided is the result of the efforts of the members and small staff, who work side by side, in a unique partnership.  One of the most important steps members take toward greater independence is transitional employment, where they work in the community at real jobs.

Members also receive help in securing housing, advancing their education, obtaining good psychiatric and medical care and maintaining government benefits.  Membership is for life, so members have all the time they need to secure their new life in the community.

For more information, please contact The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Michigan at 800-331-4264, or visit them online at namimi.org.  You can also contact The Detroit Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency at 313-833-2500, or visit them online at www.dwccmha.com.

Phone code: 2208