Grants Awarded
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Grants Awarded
| Grant Description | Program Area | Amount |
|---|---|---|
DePaul School for Hearing and SpeechSupport for early childhood programming to prepare preschool children with hearing loss for mainstream education | $15,000.00 | |
CLASSGeneral support to consolidate services for people with disabilities into one program site | $70,000.00 over 24 months | |
City of Asylum PittsburghSupport for A (micro) Economic History of the World, a performance about economics and disability | $20,000.00 | |
ACHIEVAContinued support for advocacy to improve access to health care and dental care for people with disabilities | $50,000.00 over 18 months | |
Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater PittsburghSupport to strengthen the justice system responses to domestic violence | $24,000.00 | |
Western Pennsylvania ConservancySupport for assistive listening devices for Fallingwater | $10,300.00 | |
Sisters Place, Inc.General operating support for services to assist homeless mothers to become self-sufficient | $35,000.00 | |
The Midwife Center for Birth and Women’s HealthSupport for a capital campaign to increase the capacity to serve women with disabilities and other barriers to care | $50,000.00 over 24 months | |
Lawrence County YMCAContinued support for the Diamond Girls Program which empowers middle school and high school-age girls in New Castle through mentoring and skill development | $25,000.00 over 36 months | |
Girls Hope of PittsburghGeneral operating support for a residential program for girls who have academic and leadership potential but have been held back by adverse family conditions | $15,000.00 | |
Futures Without ViolenceTo provide training and technical assistance to improve batterer intervention services in southwestern Pennsylvania | $68,961.00 | |
Center for VictimsSupport to implement the Expect Respect and Coaching Boys Into Men programs to prevent domestic and sexual violence | $40,000.00 | |
Blackburn CenterContinued support for an initiative to prevent domestic and sexual violence by addressing root causes | $55,750.00 | |
Best Buddies PennsylvaniaTo foster friendships among middle school, high school, and college students with and without intellectual disabilities | $15,000.00 | |
Allegheny County Department of Human ServicesSupport for Improving Batterer Intervention Program services in Allegheny County | $75,000.00 | |
United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaSupport for the 21 and Able initiative, designed to improve the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities | $50,000.00 | |
Steeltown Entertainment ProjectSupport to pilot a workforce development program that trains transition age youth with and without disabilities in film production | $15,000.00 | |
THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc.General operating support for services to female offenders who are in the residential alternative to incarceration program | $50,000.00 | |
Northside Coalition for Fair HousingSupport to provide targeted services and support to single, low-income women and their children to prevent homelessness | $25,000.00 | |
Gwen’s Girls, Inc.Operating support for the Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania, a network of providers, funders and community leaders who are dedicated to improving the lives of girls | $30,000.00 over 24 months | |
The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family CenterContinued support for Child's Way, a program to provide childcare for medically fragile infants and children | $40,000.00 over 24 months | |
Autism Connection of PATo improve early screening for autism in minority populations and to develop a training video on personal care and hygiene | $40,000.00 | |
Attack Theatre, Inc.Support for an initiative that engages Deaf students through a series of inclusive, accessible arts education programs | $12,000.00 | |
Arc of Washington CountyContinued support to provide comprehensive sexuality education for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities | $20,000.00 |
Grantee Spotlights
Autism Urban Connections
Autism Urban Connections is the first and only African American, minority, family focused Autism nonprofit in Pennsylvania.
Black Women's Policy Center
Pittsburgh is often lauded as among the most livable cities in the country. While this may be true for some, it is certainly not the case for Black women.
STANDING FIRM
FISA’s support helped to launch and scale STANDING FIRM’s efforts to engage employers to Recognize the warning signs of abuse, Respond with support, and Refer employees to get free and confidential help through community-based services.
Gwen's Girls and the Black Girls Equity Alliance
For the last twenty years, Gwen’s Girls has focused on empowering girls and young women to have productive lives through holistic, gender-specific programs, education, and experiences.
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
As PHLP uncovers individuals’ barriers to healthcare, it uses this information as it monitors and analyzes proposed policy changes and legislation. PHLP then works with its clients and other advocates to push for policy and program changes to improve access to healthcare for people with disabilities, and other low-income populations. .