Hope Springs Clubhouse in Reading has been recognized for its work providing support to young adults living with serious mental health issues.<\/p>\n
The psychiatric rehabilitation program was awarded a three-year accreditation from Clubhouse International following a rigorous audit. The clubhouse generally serves clients ages 16 to 25 with serious mental health illnesses, helping them transition from the child service system to the adult service system.<\/p>\n
Officials said the accreditation is significant because it verifies that Hope Springs Clubhouse continues to uphold the core principles of the clubhouse model \u2014 member autonomy and shared decision-making, along with a commitment to serving those with severe mental illnesses in Berks County.<\/p>\n
The program is operated under Threshold Rehabilitation Services, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health needs to live full lives.<\/p>\n
Ben Foster, communications specialist for Threshold, said clubhouse members are responsible for the daily operations of the program that include the administration and upkeep of the Reading facility.<\/p>\n
He said the organization helps people on their journey to mental health recovery, builds community and gives clients a sense of meaning and identity.<\/p>\n
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the opening of Hope Springs Clubhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hope Springs Clubhouse in Reading has been recognized for its work providing support to young adults living with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-166484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}