Threshold Services
 
History
1981 Threshold Services is incorporated to provide housing and assistance for people leaving State psychiatric hospitals.
1983 Chadwick House, a group home staffed "24/7", opens for 8 residents.
1984 First three apartments open, with "drop in" staff support.
1987 Adrienne House, Threshold’s 2nd group home, was subleased to Threshold Services by the County Government. Serves 8 clients, staffed 24/7
1988 Renaissance, a daytime psychiatric rehabilitation program, opens, serving 10 people.
1990 Apartment program serves 60 people; two group homes serve a total of 16 people; Renaissance serves 10 people.
1993 Six single family homes are purchased and renovated with HUD funds. Seventeen residents receive "drop in" support.
1998 Outreach program begins, providing counseling and case management for people who do not live in Threshold Services' housing.
1998 Working Solutions program begins, helping people to choose, get and keep jobs.
1998 Threshold Services takes over the Rockville Outpatient Mental Health Clinic from the Montgomery County Government, providing psychiatric medical treatment and psychotherapy.
1999 Threshold Services takes over the Silver Spring Outpatient Mental Health Clinic from the Montgomery County Government.
2000 Apartments and single family homes serve 105 people with "drop in" support; "24/7" group homes serve 16 people, Renaissance serves 30 people; Outreach serves 82 people; Working Solutions serves 25 people; clinics serve 550 people.
2001 Affordable housing, not requiring linkage to Threshold Services' counseling and case management, opens for 9 people.
2001 Threshold Services becomes a membership organization, enlists 140 founding members, and begins pursuing an agenda of advocacy, public education and professional education in order to help people with mental illness throughout the United States to lead fulfilling lives.
2002 Threshold Services begins a Co-occurring Substance and Psychiatric Disorders Initiative to transform care for people with co-occurring disorders throughout Montgomery County and to serve as a pilot project for the State of Maryland.
2003 Threshold Services is given The Fannie Mae Foundation’s 2003 Youth Engagement Award.
2004 Threshold Services is recognized as a Finalist in the Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management.
2004 Threshold Services partners with St. Luke’s Back to Work Program to provide supported employment services.
2005 Montgomery County, Maryland recognizes Threshold Services for its “Leadership in Continuous Comprehensive Integrated Systems of Care and Criminal Justice Behavioral Health.”
2005 Threshold Services establishes Compeer of Montgomery County.
2006 COMPEER of Montgomery County is recognized as a "Model Compeer Program" by Compeer International, Inc.
2006 Threshold Services was recognized as one of the top charities in the country - one that meets the high standards of Independent Charities of America (ICA) and Local Independent Charities of America (LICA).
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