Three of these teams serve homeless persons, and two serve persons with combined mental illness and substance abuse. A children's ACT team was started in 1998. A forensic ACT team is also planned. Clubhouse members work alongside staff in planning and operating the program. Members engage in mutually planned vocational, educational and social activities that develop skills and promote rehabilitation.
Employment is an important focus of clubhouse programs.
Members work in and for the club, or engage in gainful employment in the community through transitional employment. The opportunity to achieve gainful employment is the central principle of the rehabilitation process which promotes self-reliance and independence. Members can remain part of the clubhouse family as long as they desire. Membership is free. They are intended to promote recipient rights and access to mental health, health, social services, residential and other support service programs.