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- 46 Albion Street | Bridgeport, CT 06605
- Southwest Community Health Center
In 1976 a group of
concerned citizens representing the City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport Housing
Authority and other neighborhood agencies formed the West End Neighborhood
Advisory Council. They saw that there was a desperate need for medical and
dental services in southwest Bridgeport and submitted a request for Public
Health Services, Section 330 funding to the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare to provide health care to their impoverished neighborhoods. The Health
Center became a reality when the Advisory Council received the “Notice of Grant
Award” in August 1977. This funding was given to the City of Bridgeport to
support the Health Center for three years. At the end of this three-year
funding cycle, the Council emerged as the Board of Directors with the full
fiduciary responsibilities of the newly incorporated Health Center. The
services were relocated from Building #14 of the P.T. Barnum complex to the
refurbished St. Stephen’s School on Bird Street in 1978. On August 1, 1980,
Southwest Community Health Center was incorporated as a not-for-profit entity.
Southwest Community Health Center looks forward to the continued expansion of health care services to benefit the Bridgeport community.
Southwest Community Health Center looks forward to the continued expansion of health care services to benefit the Bridgeport community.