Independence Center is a community-based rehabilitation program for adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses in the St. Louis area, built on the Clubhouse model of psychosocial rehabilitation. What is this exactly? Click on the links below to learn more.
Mission
Our mission is to provide all the services and resources a person with a serious and persistent mental illness needs, to manage their symptoms, find belonging and purpose, and gain the independence to live a healthy, quality life.
Vision
Our vision is to become a nationally recognized leader in behavioral healthcare, eradicate the stigma of mental illness, and inspire a mental healthcare movement across the nation.
Values
Inspiring through Community, Dignity, and Purpose.
Advocacy
Independence Center was founded by friends and family of adults with severe mental illness. They recognized a great need for community-based programming, a need that was not being met. They tenaciously sought funding and support, and vigorously worked towards creating that which was not then available – efforts that have resulted in countless lives being changed through the Center since 1981.
With the changes and current trends in legislation and funding, advocacy for ourselves and on behalf of our loved ones with mental illness is more important than ever. We must all be willing to aggressively inform legislators and other decision makers that, with proper psychiatric care, people with mental illness can recover to live self-fulfilling and productive lives.
To find the names and contact information of your legislators, click the link below. After entering your nine-digit (zip+4) zip code, click the “Lookup Legislators” bar. The names of all your elected officials will be listed and you can access each one’s contact information.
Impact Report & Financials
Please click here to download Independence Center’s 2019 Impact Report to the Community. For a complete listing of revenues and expenses and related to specific agency programs, please click here for the agency’s most recent financial audit. Click here to view our most recent IRS 990 Form.
Please Note: These files are quite large and could take a few moments to download.
Compliance
Please click one of the following to access Independence Center compliance documents: Independence Center Notice of Privacy Policies, Title VI Civil Rights Notice to the Public, Title VI/ADA Complaint Form, Participant Rights, Privileges, and Responsibility, Member Rights, Privileges, and Responsibility, and Donor Privacy Policy.
What is a Clubhouse?
Governance
History
