AEIPS

Founded in 1987, AEIPS is a non-profit association based in Lisboa, Portugal working on mental health, housing & homelessness, employment & skills +2 more.

AEIPS (Associação para o Estudo e Integração Psicossocial) is a Portuguese private institution of social solidarity, recognised as a public-utility body, that has worked since 1987 to support people with experience of mental illness. Its programmes cover housing, education and employment, including the Casas Primeiro (Housing First) project for long-term homeless people with mental health problems, Supported Employment, Supported Education and Independent Living services. It runs a community centre in Lisbon and the peer-run Centro de Empowerment e Ajuda-Mútua, which promotes self-representation, recovery and the defence of human rights. The organisation also convenes international conferences on community mental health, publishes materials on recovery and empowerment, and runs campaigns against discrimination in schools and universities. Its work is focused in Portugal, with headquarters in Lisbon.