money for clubhouses for supportive housing

In the 1970's to the mid 90's there was more money from the federal government for housing attached to clubhouses, including here in Ann Arbor. With State funds, Community Support and Treatment Services (CSTS) for the mentally ill was able to play an active role in working with all the agencies in Washtenaw County to develop more coordinated affordable housing and services. Yet, clearly more needs to be done. Over time the CSTS, which use to be Community Mental Health Center, the newest fresh start clubhouses became merged with CSTS.

Supportive housing for the mentally ill

Proposed cuts in mental budgets lead to programs like psycho-social clubhouses having more difficulty providing affordable housing with wrap-around services to their members.