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Bridges Community Healthcare urges continued city support as federal grants shrink
Summary
Bridges CEO Jennifer Fiorello told aldermen the agency serves the majority of Milford clients for mental-health and substance-use services, asked for $395,000 (a $10,000 increase), and warned that federal grant revenues of about $2.8M face possible reductions that could create multimillion-dollar shortfalls.
Jennifer Fiorello, CEO of Bridges Community Healthcare, told the board the nonprofit provides the bulk of Milford’s publicly funded behavioral health services and faces mounting financial pressure as federal and state contracts shift.
"Milford residents make up more than a majority of services that our agency provides annually," Fiorello said, noting adult and child outpatient services and medication management are…
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