Milford Organization Receives $3 Million For Mental Health Grant

MILFORD, CT — U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Assistant Secretary Miriam Delphin-Rittmon of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration held a roundtable discussion in Milford last week highlighting a five-year, $600,000 annual grant awarded to Bridges Healthcare.

The $3 million grant is designed to expand the organization's Support Our Students initiative, which seeks to expand access to mental health treatments available in local schools for young people.

Bridges Healthcare's Support Our Students initiative will "establish school-based mental health services in five local schools which include large Hispanic/Latino, foreign-born, LGBTQ, and other populations at high risk of trauma and resulting emotional and conduct issues," according to a statement.

Bridges will collaborate with Child Health Development Institute to provide a variety of trauma-informed strategies of identification and treatment, and with a network of child-serving local agencies.

The population of focus consists of three elementary schools in West Haven and a high school and middle school in Milford.