Cost the city more than $500,000 to incarcerate some on Rikers. One example of what we could be doing, how we could be serving those same New Yorkers with serious mental illness, is The clubhouse model... has shown to decrease hospitalization rates by about 45%, increase employment rates by more than 50%, and they just cost $4,000 for a year's worth of service. they just cost $4,000 for a year's worth of service. That's two days on Rikers Island. (10:38–10:54)
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Asserts that the clubhouse model decreases hospitalization by 45%, increases employment by over 50%, and costs $4,000 annually.
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