Brain Injury Network to Host Open House for U.S. Clubhouse Week of Action

Plano, TX - Brain Injury Network will host an Advocacy Open House in collaboration with Fountain House and Clubhouse International for the 3rd Annual U.S. Clubhouse Week of Action during May 19 through May 23, 2025. Last year, 40 Clubhouses in 18 states participated in the Week of Action, hosting panel discussions with electeds, publishing local editorials, holding a community tour and picnic, and much more.

The Advocacy Open House will be on Thursday, May 22nd from 12 pm to 3 pm at the BIND Clubhouse located in Plano, TX. The event's focus is on educating and engaging elected officials, community members, and local business leaders to increase public funding and support for holistic, community-based mental health care, including the Clubhouse Model of psychosocial rehabilitation. Members receiving services will give tours of the clubhouse and provide testimony about their experiences. The organization will also be screening their short film, "Path to Purpose." For more information, or to RSVP, visit www.thebind.org.

Clubhouses (https://www.fountainhouse.org/about/clubhouse-model) which were first pioneered in the 1940s by Fountain House, are community-based nonprofits that empower people impacted by serious mental illness to take control of their recovery and thrive through access to opportunities for employment, socialization, education, skill development, housing, and improved wellness. Everything at the Clubhouse is free and voluntary, centering people's dignity, agency, and choice as an essential part of their health and well-being. There are more than 370 Clubhouses now serving communities across the world.

Much like persons living with serious mental illness, people with acquired brain injury oftentimes face difficulty returning to their communities after discharging from the hospital or rehabilitation and must navigate how to receive continued services on their own. Brain injury clubhouses are a supportive peer environment where members can regain work and volunteer skills, increase self-esteem (https://www.braininjuryclubhouses.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IBICA-Featured-in-Challenge-Fall-2018.pdf), build cognitive & physical endurance (https://repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/4cb424bc-e2e4-4d26-b0cb-014b18653e90/content), and develop meaningful social relationships. There are 17 brain injury clubhouses around the world.

Brain Injury Network
1416 Gables Court, Plano, TX 75075
Media Contacts
Anna Sackett Rountree, asackett@clubhouse-intl.org
214-300-9349, Diana Diaz, diana@thebind.org

About Brain Injury Network:
Brain Injury Network is a nonprofit organization in Texas that operates two CARF-accredited clubhouse programs for adults with acquired brain injuries, currently serving over 65 members in 29 cities and 11 counties across North Texas. Founded in 2012 by Valerie Gotcher, BIN's mission is to provide tools and a bridge of support to adults to reconnect into life, the community, and the workplace. Brain Injury Network is an active and current member of the International Brain Injury Clubhouse Alliance and the Clubhouse Texas Coalition.

About Clubhouse International:
Clubhouse International is the only global mental health nonprofit that expands and enhances recovery opportunities for people living with mental illness by integrating the proven recovery model - the Clubhouse Model of psychosocial rehabilitation - into community-based approaches worldwide. Clubhouse International's network has grown to over 370 Clubhouses in 33 countries.

About Fountain House:
Fountain House is a national mental health nonprofit fighting to improve health, increase opportunity, and end social and economic isolation for people living with serious mental illness. Founded in 1948 in New York City, Fountain House originated the clubhouse model of community mental health that has been replicated more than 300 times in nearly 40 U.S. states and in 30 countries around the world.

This release was published on openPR.