Top 10 how the agency helps people recover. and the agency staff supports them Consumers are asked to spend at least until they can be independent. four hours in the club rooms when State and city-county grants make they come. They can choose to join up 65 percent of the budget. The the office group, the environmental Department of Housing and Urban engineering (sanitation) group or the Development provides another 10 kitchen group. They make choices in percent, donations are 8-9 percent, and what they do or public and private can do nothing. grants make up the Newcomers can rest. take three to six In addition to months before health care, the they feel com- agency provides fortable enough job training, lit- to participate. eracy classes, help Nobody is pres- with budgeting, sured. The group is clothing, furniture voting on a menu and housewares. for their annual Fifteen of its for- dinner this month, mer consumers at which they will work at the agency prepare, serve and as greeters, in cus- clean up. tomer service, as Health services mentors or certi- fied peer support specialists. Last year, take the same approach. Consumers are gently encouraged to participate. 77 percent of DCCCMH clients had Says Faber-Bermudez, "We tell people, annual incomes of less than $8,000, `You're here. Now let's talk about what but a number of clients have been we can do to keep you here.'" placed in full or part-time jobs. To help its consumers, DCCCMH is A new program for the agency is working to expand affordable hous- working with the state and county to release from jail non-violent prisoners ing initiatives and job placements. With its support services, it can show with mental health issues. DCCCMH apartment developers and employ- consumers in the early release pro- ers that "we have a lot of success gram have a recidivism rate of only 6 stories." The peer support specialists percent and the cost per individual to alone "help people see that they can taxpayers is $5,000-10,000 annually turn their lives around:' says Faber- vs. $31,000 for prisoners in jail. The Members' Club is an example of Bermudez. ❑ People needing housing are placed and the agency staff supports them until they can be independent. Things Your Investment Advisor Is NOT Doing During The Day... 10. Keeping you updated 9. Working to under- stand your needs 8. Minimizing all the needless papers you receive in the mail 7. Finding ways to save you money 6. Calling you 5. Providing excep- tional service 4. Searching for better investments for you 3. Making it clear what you pay him 2. Continuously im- proving his invest- ment process 1. 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