Blue Water Area Transit Starts Bus Shuttle to Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center

Blue Water Area Transit is providing bus service to the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center at 400 Stoddard Road in Richmond. A BWAT bus leaves Port Huron in the morning and returns after all passengers have finished their visit to the center.  

“This is a perfect example of how transit can improve quality of life by providing access to healthcare resources,” said Jim Wilson, general manager, BWAT. 

The new service is made possible by grant funding from the Region 10 Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The round-trip cost to passengers is $1.00. 

“We are pleased to have Blue Water Area Transit as our partner in helping to reduce the transportation barrier that many individuals have to accessing services,“ said Paula Nelson, president and chief executive officer of Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center. 

Sacred Heart is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Annually, it provides treatment to over 7,000 men, women, pregnant women and women needing to bring their children into treatment. Sacred Heart is a not-for-profit behavioral healthcare organization. It provides an extensive array of behavioral health services including substance use disorder prevention and treatment, mental illness treatment and HIV/AIDS prevention and care management. Sacred Heart has a legacy of serving those with the greatest need and the fewest resources since 1967. 

“This is a great opportunity for BWAT to support our community,” said Linda Bruckner, Blue Water Area Transportation Commission Board chair and Fort Gratiot Township trustee.