Rowan University’s Board of Trustees voted recently to supply $2 million in funding toward an anticipated medical building in Cumberland County, officials said Monday.
County lawmakers received the money for Rowan Medicine Center–Cumberland, a two-story building being built on the Rowan College of South Jersey campus. Officials broke ground on the project in 2021. Rowan University spokesperson Gerald Carry on Tuesday said the money is a contribution to the overall cost of the project, which is being led by the Cumberland County Improvement Authority.
The 17,353-square-foot building will expand clinical services in the county, as well as surrounding areas of South Jersey, officials said. The building’s first floor will house a facility for behavioral health for patients with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities. The second floor will host mental health-associated services devoted to trauma recovery for children and families, officials said.
Additional partners in the project include Inspira Health Network and the Rowan University/Rutgers-Camden Board of Governors, school officials said in 2021 following the groundbreaking.