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60 YEAR HISTORY
• The clubhouse model has expanded over its nearly 60-year history in the following ways:
•Today there are close to 400 clubhouses in 30 different countries around the world serving over 55,000 people.
•In the United States there are 196 clubhouses in 32 states serving approximately 37,500 men and women living with mental illness.
•318 clubhouses belong to the International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) and 150 are ICCD Certified Clubhouses.
•20 new clubhouses open each year with the assistance of International Training Bases, located in New York, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Missouri, Toronto, London, Sweden, South Korea, Finland and Australia.
•120 new teams of clubhouse staff are trained each year.
•Recently, the United Nations gave the International Center for Clubhouse Development “Special Consultative Status” with the United Nations Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC). ICCD is the only international mental health organization with this status.