In case you missed this great call to action from First Lady, Michelle Obama, we thought you’d like to hear her call to action in the Campaign to Change Direction, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness around mental health in America. Green Door Behavioral Health is a proud partner of this initiative.
On July 13, 2015 Washington Post writer, Terrence McCoy, wrote the first of two stories about Alfred Postell. Postell was a Harvard Law student that would eventually become schizophrenic and ultimately homeless. “That few remember what happened to Postell perhaps betrays the illness that seized him. Schizophrenia creeps. Some people, especially those as accomplished as Postell,…
For many people with mental illnesses, their job helps to keep them stable. It creates routine and order and provides income. Without job skills, members cannot work. And without work, their self-esteem falls, their sense of security diminishes, and many become depressed. Green Door is recognized nationally as one of the most successful job training…
Group Transitional Employment is for members who are extremely fearful, cannot work without staff support, are extremely disabled, or need additional training before moving into transitional jobs. Green Door has developed these temporary on-the-job trainings in office settings, where members practice working at a job in a small group, alongside staff and other members for…
Dear Friends, Family and Supporters We are embarking on our 40th year at Green Door, and it’s an exciting time! Over the decades, Green Door has had a strong presence within DC’s behavioral health community. Over the course of these many wonderful years, the services we offer have evolved to ensure that we are responsive to…
See what we have to say about the housing first model in this original Now What. Treating the symptoms instead of the causes isn’t getting us anywhere, so now what? The housing first model is a step forward. “What housing first has really shown is that given the opportunity, the vast, vast majority of folks…
Day Activities and Employment Green Door is the only program in the District of Columbia that utilizes the Clubhouse model to get people with mental illness back to work and living in the community. Working from the individual’s strengths, the Clubhouse provides members with the opportunity to learn employable skills through meaningful work and to…