Bridgeway Rehabilitation 50th

1968 ..... Bridgeway House opens at 615 N. Broad St. in Elizabeth serving 100‐200 people. 1970 ..... Partial Care Day Rehabilitation Center was the first of Bridgeway’s programs and has provided services in Union County since its inception in 1970. 1977 ..... Community Care contract increases Bridgeway staff by 20. New hires include Cory Storch. 1984 ..... Bridgeway Rehabilitation Services expands to include Supported Employment. 1985 ..... Bridgeway begins Homeless Outreach programming. 1987 ..... Bridgeway receives funding from Union County to begin delivering services for people diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse problems. 1995 ..... Purchased 567 Morris Avenue in March 1995 and opened in January 1996. 1996 ..... Bridgeway built three teams delivering Program of Assertive Community Treatment services, widely known as PACT Teams, to 30 people in Union County. Today, nine Bridgeway PACT Teams serve 620 people. 1998 ..... Art program started in 1998, and it continues today with annual exhibitions at James Howe Gallery at Kean University. 1999 ..... Supreme Court’s Olmstead v. L.C. decision of mandates community based housing options for people with disabilities. In 1968, the Mental Health Association was operating a psychiatric rehabilitation program, which focused on providing persons served with daily activities aimed at vocational goals and personal fulfillment. The program became an independent service for people experiencing mental illness in Union County, and Bridgeway was born! 1968 50 Year s From 1968 when Bridgeway was founded until today, societal issues continue to have an environment, addiction, homelessness, a struggle to find resources to support mental