Grants Awarded
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Grants Awarded
| Grant Description | Program Area | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Adagio HealthGeneral operating support for Healthy Start House, which provides short-term residential care for low-income pregnant women and new mothers who are experiencing medical complications or homelessness | $40,000.00 | |
Womansplace Inc.Start-up funding of the Bridge Housing Program for women who are making the transition from shelter to independent living | $25,000.00 | |
Western Pennsylvania School for the DeafOperating support for the Center on Deafness, a multidisciplinary program offering school-to-work and school-to-post secondary education opportunities to adults who are deaf or hearing impaired | $35,000.00 | |
Western Pennsylvania School for Blind ChildrenFor the Toddler Program, providing comprehensive transdisciplinary early intervention to help babies who are severely visually impaired get a head start on their education | $24,000.00 | |
Victim Outreach Intervention CenterFor start-up funding of a substance abuse case management program for victims of domestic violence | $27,960.00 | |
Travelers Aid SocietySupport for the Prenatal/Postnatal Mobile Moms Transportation Assistance Program | $10,000.00 | |
Pittsburgh CLOFor operating support for the New Horizons Program, offering musical theater training for people with physical and developmental disabilities | $15,000.00 | |
One to One: Citizen AdvocacyFor a program to recruit, train and support citizen advocates for people with disabilities who reside in nursing homes in Beaver County, Pennsylvania | $20,000.00 | |
Lydia’s Place, Inc.For support of the Family Reunification Enhancement Effort (F.R.E.E), providing intervention services to female offenders, their children and the children's caregivers during and after incarceration | $25,000.00 | |
Life’sWork of Western PennsylvaniaTo provide paid internships for students with severe disabilities who are in transition from school to work. | $47,880.00 | |
HEARTHFor new outreach efforts at this transitional housing program for women and children who face the crisis of homelessness | $23,194.00 | |
Family ResourcesFor general operating expenses relating to Warmline, a telephone support, information and referral service for parents and caregivers | $38,376.00 | |
Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryFor Museum on the Move, an outreach program for special needs audiences | $25,000.00 | |
Bethlehem HavenFunding for Project Employ, providing job training and transitional employment for homeless women | $20,300.00 | |
Angels’ Place, Inc.To build a handicapped-accessible entrance and covered porch at the Northside facility of this agency, which provides daycare to enable low-income student parents to complete their education | $25,000.00 | |
American Heart AssociationFor the Stroke Connection Awareness Program targeted at women in southwestern Pennsylvania | $52,764.00 | |
McGuire Memorial FoundationTo purchase wheelchairs for children with severe disabilities | $11,500.00 | |
YWCA Greater PittsburghFor renovation of the Encore Plus facility, providing coordination of health promotion services aimed at early detection of breast and cervical cancer | $50,000.00 | |
Winchester Thurston SchoolFor installation of an elevator to make the city campus wheelchair accessible | $50,000.00 | |
The Watson InstituteFor the establishment of an augmentative communications lending library for the children at D.T. Watson Educational Services | $52,514.00 | |
Radio Information ServiceSupport for daily, 24-hour broadcasts of newspapers and other publications for individuals who are visually impaired or have another disability that prevents reading | $15,000.00 | |
Focus on RenewalFor transportation of parents and children involved in the Positive Parenting Program | $20,000.00 | |
The Woodlands FoundationSupport for construction of an outdoor area for adaptive sports at this residential camping and retreat center for children and adults with physical disabilities | $40,000.00 | |
VintageFor start-up of a music therapy program in two adult day health centers for clients with developmental disabilities, alzheimer's disease and chronic pain | $30,275.00 |
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. .