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If you build it, they will come: creating a new clubhouse was an inclusive process.

Publication: Behavioral Healthcare
Publication Date: 01-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: If you build it, they will come: creating a new clubhouse was an inclusive process.(FACILITY DESIGN)

Article Excerpt
"If you build it, he will come."

This line from Field of Dreams certainly has proven true for Independence Center, a distinguished clubhouse-model mental health program in St. Louis experiencing unprecedented program growth since occupying its new West End Place clubhouse about two years ago. Already the second-largest clubhouse in the world (according to the International Center for Clubhouse Development), Independence Center's average daily attendance jumped almost 35% to more than 245 members since its August 2007 relocation. The Center now serves more than 1,000 individuals annually, providing a full array of supports to severely mentally ill adults (including education, employment, housing, wellness, and community living services).

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The agency previously had two clubhouse centers approximately seven miles apart....



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