What is the Opportunity Center?

The Opportunity Center is a Clubhouse or group experience for adults with serious mental health issues that provides skill development and training in areas such as employment, community involvement, emotional adjustment, psychiatric stability, and adult daily living. Activities may include transitional community-based employment, computer training, meal preparation, money management, clerical tasks, or general social ability.

Members learn to achieve personal, community, and social competencies, and to establish support systems in their lives. The program is community-based and participation is voluntary.

How does the Opportunity Center help an individual?

A Program Manager supports an individual to more fully participate in his or her community. A person-centered treatment approach is used to help identify an individual’s strengths, dreams, goals and desires. Staff and members work together to build self-confidence, increase independence, improve individual skills, and create opportunities for personal growth. Together they also try to accomplish the individual and team activities that are necessary for the development, support and maintenance of the Clubhouse.