The Official Website of The McClendon Center

Day Program

1313 New York Avenue NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC  20005
Tel. (202) 737-6191
Fax (202) 737-2316

The McClendon Center operates as a Medicaid Day Treatment provider through the DC Department of Health, and is also certified as a Day Services program and provider of Group Community Support through the DC Department of Mental Health.  The Day Program offers morning and afternoon programs with four tracks:

•    Clinical Skills Building 
•    Consumer Empowerment
•    Expressive Arts Therapy
•    Substance Abuse Recovery

The Day Program is staffed by a Registered Nurse, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, two Registered Dance Therapists, an Art Therapist, a Registered Addictions Counselor, a Certified WRAP Trainer (who coordinates the Best Health Project), and other part-time staff who are dietitians, chaplains, and staff members with advanced degrees in education.  The Day Program has identified three learning levels for consumers, grouping them according to their cognitive ability and degree of motivation.

The Day Program operates Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.