About Us

The Florida Clubhouse Coalition is recognized by the ICCD through its commitment to abided by a membership criteria that includes:

Three week training at a certified ICCD training base for each member clubhouse’s director, key members and staff
To work to achieve the International Standards for Clubhouse Programs
Timely ICCD Certification (usually within two years of joining the coalition)
To nurture new clubhouse development in the coalition’s region.

The FCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with long term mental health issues in Florida find and secure employment, housing, education, mental health services and other services and supports in the community.

A “clubhouse” is a place where people who have mental illness come to rebuild and/or regain control of their social and economic lives. An important aspect of the clubhouse model is relationships between staff and members and between individual members. Clubhouses are run jointly by “members” and staff, who work side-by-side, in a unique partnership to ensure the work of the clubhouse is completed each day. Work in the clubhouse and paid employment are recognized and valued as a vital part of recovery from mental illness. Members do not live at the clubhouse but use it as a base of community and peer support in their efforts to recover from the effects of mental illness. Toward this end, clubhouses engage in activities that help our members live successfully in the community.

International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) was created to serve and represent the rapidly growing and dynamic clubhouse community. The vision of the ICCD is that men and women with mental illness throughout the world will have access to the respect and dignity offered by clubhouses, and to the full range of clubhouse opportunities, as they rebuild their lives.

Florida Clubhouse Coalition, Inc.

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