Contra Costa Clubhouses, Inc.

NAMI Contra Costa is the local affiliate of The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and is a nonprofit, volunteer, grassroots organization. NAMI Contra Costa's purpose is to:

• Support families of individuals with mental illnesses.
• Educate families and the public about mental illness.
• Advocate for improved treatment and treatment facilities.
• Fight stigma and discrimination.
• Support legislation that helps those with neurobiological brain disorders.
• Improve private and public sector policies.
• Provide more housing with support services.
• Increase outreach to people with mental illnesses and their families.

The International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) is a global network creating opportunities for people living with mental illness to be respected members of society.

ICCD clubhouses are founded on the realization that recovery from serious mental illness must involve the whole person in a vital and culturally sensitive community. A clubhouse community offers respect, hope, mutuality and unlimited opportunity to access the same worlds of friendship, housing, education and employment as the rest of society.

In pursuit of this mission, the center promotes the development and strengthening of clubhouses; oversees the creation and evolution of standards; facilitates and assures the quality of training, consultation, certification, research and advocacy; and provides effective communication and dissemination of information.