Agency Details:

ICAN in Lancaster, Inc.

The primary purpose of this corporation is to improve the quality of care for all Lancaster County consumers of mental health services by aiding in the development of a voluntary consumer self-help movement.

Description:
ICAN is a 100% consumer-run, voluntary mental health drop-in center. The board of directors, staff, and all members are people who receive or have received mental health services. ICAN provides social services to people with a history of mental illness who live in Lancaster County. Board members are elected through democratic elections and staff are hired by the board of directors.
The drop-in center is open Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM and Saturdays from 1:00 - 5:00 PM. On Saturday nights we have a Coffee House from 7:00 - 11:00 PM. We also move people who live in Lancaster County who have a mental illness (within the county).
At the drop-in center members may use a variety of services that they may not have in their own homes, such as cable TV, a telephone, the newspaper, a washer and dryer, and a kitchen. Staff, who are also mental health consumers, are available to provide peer support and advocacy.

History:
ICAN in Lancaster, Inc. was founded in 1988 by a group of mental health consumers (people who use or have received mental health services) who were looking for a self-help model of mental health social services and an opportunity to advocate for people with mental illness. Within a few years ICAN formed a drop-in center to realize this mission of providing a place for people to go to meet others and socialize.
Members of ICAN are encouraged to participate with advocacy and planning in the mental health system in Lancaster County.

Contact person: Harry Nestorick, Assistant Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (717) 299-7001

Address:

614 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA 17602 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified

Last updated on April 6, 2009