Fellowship House was founded in 1973 through a Community Support Program grant awarded to the Mental Health Association of Dade County, in the pursuit of deinitialization. Patterned after the clubhouse model, it soon became independently incorporated and was designated as a demonstration project for the State of Florida by the National Institute of Mental Health. Since its inception, Fellowship House has expanded to include employment, case management, outpatient services and residential programs that serve over 1000 members annually.

Fellowship House is widely recognized as a model for psychosocial rehabilitation with a strong commitment to the provision of high-quality, culturally competent, and patient-centered care. Exceeding mandatory compliance, it has been acknowledged for its strengths and exemplary conformance to standards by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). It is also accredited in Behavioral Health for PsychoSocial Rehabilitation programs in the areas of Case Management, Community-Based Rehabilitation, Community Housing, Outpatient Treatment and Community Employment Services and Community Integration. Our outpatient treatment and community integration programs are additionally accredited for integrated treatment of individuals with co-occurring mental health & substance abuse disorders.

It is the mission of Fellowship House to assist adults with severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities, including individuals that also have co-occurring substance abuse disorders, achieve the maximum level of community integration and self-reliance. This is accomplished by providing a comprehensive continuum of programs and services offering supportive opportunities for vocational and social rehabilitation, as well as residential options, psychiatric and case management services. Fellowship House is committed to helping the persons served (our members), to better understand their illness, develop coping strategies, and improve their quality of life.

Fellowship House is a private, not-for-profit psychosocial rehabilitation center for individuals who experience severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities including those with co-occurring substance abuse disorders. Most of our consumers (members) are disabled by schizophrenia, bi-polar disorders, or major depression. The area served is Miami- Dade and Broward Counties.

Fellowship House receives federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant funds is therefore federally required to give preference in admitting pregnant women into treatment.

Fellowship House welcomes referrals from physicians, hospitals, family members, other community providers, and self referrals for individuals experiencing mental illness.

 

 

Fellowship House is funded by Thriving Mind South Florida, Miami-Dade County, Florida Department of Corrections, Broward Behavioral Health Coalition, and the Florida Department of Children and Families

Fellowship House is also part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Adult Care Food Program.  Meals provided at all Fellowship House sites will be available at no separate charge to eligible members and will be provided regardless of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, or sexual orientation.

No person shall, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, age or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to unlawful discrimination under any Fellowship House program.  Fellowship House will provide appropriate auxiliary aids to members or potential members with disabilities or limited English proficiencies as requested.