Guild for Exceptional Children awarded $2 million for critical renovations

August 20, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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BAY RIDGE — CONGRESSMEMBER NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS VISITED THE GUILD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN on Tuesday, Aug. 20, to announce $2 million in federal funding that she secured for the Bay-Ridge-based non-profit organization serving the developmentally disabled. The funds will enable the GEC to make critical renovations and American Disability Act-related upgrades across several of their facilities in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The project scope includes renovations for the Guild’s facilities located on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, the first floor of which houses the Hope C. Morrison Day Habilitation Center for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The building will be overhauled to provide more community space and remove barriers to make wheelchair use in the facility easier, along with bathroom upgrades and floor/ceiling replacements. The upper floors will receive cosmetic improvements and be retrofitted with a new apartment and more program space for the individuals attending the day program. Exterior work will include resurfacing the roof, a new façade, and surfacing in the backyard to prevent flooding and injury. Construction is expected to take six to nine months. An early spring groundbreaking is anticipated.

A particular focus of GEC, founded in 1958 and now serving more than 500 persons, is to help families navigate the challenge of securing services for a person with special needs. GEC provides services to families and is proud of its history of keeping families together, stable, and better able to meet the evolving needs of their children with special needs.

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