By VIVIAN CARTER 

Federation Employment & Guidance Services (FEGS) of Norwood, now bankrupt, will keep its social services programs going, after transferring them to the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services for $75 million.  New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), primary provider of licenses and contracts for the programs, authorized the transfer.

The Jewish Board, in existence for more than 140 years, currently helps over 5,880 clients in the Bronx (and 35,000 citywide) to live as independently as possible, through care management services, mental health clinics, preventive services, emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence, supportive housing, apartment treatment programs for adults with mental illness, and adolescent residential services.

Local programs to be transferred include:  Burnside Residence, Burnside Avenue; White Plains Community Residence, White Plains Road; Kingsbridge Road Community Residence, Kingsbridge Road; Bronx Supported Apartment and Permanent Housing (scattered-site); Bronx Clinic, Jerome Avenue, and Bronx Personalized Recovery Oriented Services, Jerome Avenue. The FEGS sites, employing nearly 800 people (most of whom have been offered employment by The Jewish Board), serve over 8,000 clients citywide, and encompass 850 apartments, six mental health clinics, and three day programs serving adults with mental illness.