About Us

Our Mission

Bridgehaven provides the highest quality community-based psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery services for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. We enhance the lives of Bridgehaven members by encouraging them to achieve the skills to live, learn, work and socialize in their chosen environment.

Bridgehaven is considered a 501(c)(3) organization by the IRS, and your donations are tax deductible. If you would like more information about making a contribution, contact Donna Schuster, our Development Director, at dschuster@bridgehaven.org or donate directly online.

History

In 1955-56 The Louisville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women studied mental health needs in Kentucky. They identified a need for programs to help ease the transition from mental hospitals back to community participation. Bridgehaven was founded in 1958 as a result of this study, the first community program in Jefferson County, and only the third of its type nationally to serve people with psychiatric problems outside a hospital setting.

A program that started with three clients and two staff, Bridgehaven's 30-person staff now offers program up to six days a week for over 500 members annually.

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