Transcript What is Compass House? Compass House is a membership-based community for individuals who experience persistent mental illness.

What is Compass House?
Compass House is a membership-based community for
individuals who experience persistent mental illness. Compass House is designed after the Clubhouse
model which is a proven approach for rehabilitation,
recovery and reintegration in to the community. The
federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) lists it on its National Registry of Evidenced-Based Programs and Practices.
Since the first clubhouse opened in 1948, they have
been successfully implemented in more than 333 communities across 33 countries, serving close to 100,000
people a year. Compass House is part of an international community of clubhouses through our partnership with Clubhouse International.
Fostering Hope…
Restoring Lives…
Building Community...
Standard hours of operation are
8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.
OUR MISSION:
Compass House, Inc
332 W. 6th St
Phone: 541-973-2840
E-mail:
[email protected]
Clubhouse Development Training, Fort Wayne, IN
Compass House provides adults with mental
health issues purposeful opportunities that build
the dignity of the individual and the well-being of
the community.
OUR VISION:
Compass House is a safe and compassionate
environment, created through shared responsibility
with the community, empowering adults with mental
health issues to improve the quality of their lives
For inquiry’s and questions about membership
please contact Compass House at the number
listed above.
Tel: (541) 973-2840
Clubhouses Change Lives
Community Benefits
Clubhouses serve their members and provide tangible
benefits to the wider community. This recovery based
model of care has enabled people with mental illness
to avoid expensive hospital visits and stay off the
street and out of prison.
Compass House Grand Opening Celebration
I’m Jill Redelf. I love the Compass House. It gets
me out to do stuff so I won’t be so depressed, and I
like working around the people there. I used to go
to the Hawthorne Center but it closed, and thank
God it did, because now we have Compass House
and I like it better. You can volunteer to do what
you want to do, you don’t have to do anything you
don’t want to, and everything is up to the members.
I get to be more of a help in things. My favorite
things so far at Compass House are working in the
kitchen, answering phones, and recreation activities.
The people are really neat to be around, and I try to
work with all of them.
My goal is to learn how to read and get better at it.
People at Compass House give me reading lessons,
plus I get to help write the lunch menu, and help
write articles for the newsletter.
Before the clubhouse opened, I was staying home all
the time and not going anywhere. I am good with
people, and I like having a lot of friends. So now,
I’m getting out, doing more, and I’m happier.
Compass House complements and collaborates
with the county’s existing mental health system. It
will provide a supportive place where people with a
mental illness can voluntarily go on a daily basis for
as long as they wish at no cost to the member or
their family. Compass House will create an environment
in which people with mental illness can
rebuild hope, self respect, and their lives.
Compass House is a community within our
community where people with mental illness can go
to find:
Compass House expects to achieve the same positive
results attained by other Clubhouse International clubhouses, including:
Higher employment: Studies show that the clubhouse
model yields higher rates of employment, longer job
tenure, and higher earnings than traditional programs
for people with mental illness.
Reduced hospitalization: Studies indicate that membership in a clubhouse reduced the number of hospitalizations by one third and the average number of
hospital days per year by 70%, resulting in considerable savings to the community.
Meaningful work;
Peer to peer support
Low-cost, nutritious meals
Education, and employment assistance
Housing, and healthcare assistance
Benefits to Members
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