Project address is 949 Bridgeport Avenue in Milford, Connecticut Valerie Ferrante is Project Director (203) 878-6365 X416 Work or (203) 668-6476 Cell vferrante@bridgesmilford.org https://www.bridgesCT.org Funding for this project will come from the following: NOFO No. HRSA-22-134 in the amount of $849,000 ARPA Funding from CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services $175,000 CT Department of Economic & Community Development $600,000 City of Milford Community Development Block Grant $60,000 CT Department of Children & Families $33,796 Bridges Healthcare, Inc. directly serves more than 2,000 children, families, adults, and young adults in Milford, Orange, and West Haven and several valley towns annually. We have operated efficiently and effectively, providing vital mental health and addiction recovery services for nearly 65 years. The comfort, safety, and health of our clients at all times, including when they visit our clinic is important to successful recovery outcomes. We also want to maintain a safe, comfortable, and healthy workplace for our staff. With limited resources for capital expenditures, we have become experts in keeping our facilities running on a virtual shoestring. Repairs are costly, and can devastate a budget with one breakdown. Our furnace failed this year, and thankfully we were awarded emergency funds from Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services to replace it. While we have successfully raised some private funds for capital improvements over the years, it has become difficult in these times to raise enough to meet the growing needs and expenses. Our most urgent need is to replace the continually failing HVAC system, which has long exceeded its life expectancy, despite careful, regular maintenance over the past 30 years. Annual repairs are escalating at a rapid rate. The system is no longer able to maintain consistent heat or cooling temperatures throughout the two
floors and multiple offices and common spaces in our main clinic and administrative offices. We are concerned about failing to meet OSHA and the Department of Public Health temperature requirements for the workplace. The scope of work is to furnish material and labor to install new Split system for the computer server room, replace Carrier parker system for the main conference room, kitchen area, second floor offices to include new VVT controls and sixteen (16) replacement air handlers/line sets and coils. Estimated number of people to be served as a result of the award of this grant 1,200 served out of 949 Bridgeport Avenue Milford, CT