2000 - 2001 Grants
| New Grants | |
| Allegheny County Health Dept. | $16,000 for 1st year |
| Improve the oral health of 750 high-risk second graders through an award-wining dental sealant and dental health education program in seven selected South Pittsburgh elementary schools over a three-year period. | |
| American Cancer Society | $5,000 |
| Increase the number of high-risk South Pittsburgh women receiving regular mammograms through a personal recruitment program with trained volunteers contacting at least 250 women friends. | |
| American Red Cross | $14,125 |
| Increase the independence of 33 older adults through a subsidized installation of Lifeline personal response systems and provide education and enrollment for other senior safety programs in South Pittsburgh. | |
| ARC Allegheny | $38,000 |
| Enabling persons with disabilities and their families to design and implement a plan to optimize their long-term quality of life. | |
| Arthritis Foundation | $20,000 |
| Provide a recreational exercise program which increases flexibility, improves functional capacity and social interaction for the residents of three local public senior living centers. | |
| Beltzhoover Citizen's Community Development Corp. | $5,000 |
| Provide small grant for further site survey and continued development of project to create a community health center for hilltop area . | |
| Beltzhoover Citizen's Community Development Corp. | $250,000 |
| Build a new community-based health center to meet the needs of Hilltop residents. Includes $20,000 for pre-construction activities and $230,000 for construction costs. The broad Hilltop Community Healthcare Partnership also addresses public safety and creation of affordable housing. | |
| Brashear Association | $12,000 |
| Provide an afterschool homework assistance program 3 days a week and a summer arts enrichment program for 3rd to 5th graders residing in St. Clair Village. | |
| Consumer Health Coalition | $19,000 for 1st year |
| Increase child health insurance enrollment by 400 children in South Pittsburgh by expanding existing initiative. | |
| Domestic Abuse Counseling Center | $30,000 |
| Increase effectiveness of domestic violence program for men who batter through the integration of substance abuse treatment and parenting training. | |
| Executive Service Corps | $6,500 |
| Strengthen infrastructure and leadership in South Pittsburgh non-profits through provision of legal check-ups and an educational workshop, creation of a local leaders circle, and conduct focus group to explore other capacity-building needs. | |
| Goodwill | $30,000 |
| Support renovation costs for new, accessible bathrooms which will facilitate shared use of South Side space by Goodwill and United Cerebral Palsy for both temporary needs and long-term development of new joint programming. | |
| Grantmakers in Health | $2,000 |
| Continue to serve as a funding partner in supporting and receiving benefits from this national resource for health philanthropy. | |
| Habit-Tat for Youth & Education/All of Us | $18,000 for 1st year |
| Instill positive caring behavioral health patterns and increase academic performance for grades 4-8 at Prospect Elementary/Middle School through use of Caring Habits model and use site as part of controlled evaluation study of the program. | |
| Health Policy Institute | $3,000 |
| Support health policy information and initiatives in partnership with other healthcare agencies and serve on Advisory Council. | |
| Hilltop Health Ministries/Pittsburgh Mercy Health Systems | $31,000 for 1st year |
| Increase services to frail home-centered elderly and marginalized young adults in the hilltop communities through expansion of faith-based ecumenical consortium of five congregations. Maintain health education groups, screenings and home visits. Mercy Hospital System will serve as the fiscal agent. | |
| Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers | $40,400 |
| Assist in building a network of volunteers from faith-based communities to provide friendly visiting, transportation and other services for isolated and frail South Pittsburgh elderly in partnership with the Hilltop Health Ministries, and with interested congregations or ministeriums in Mount Washington and in Carrick. | |
| Kuntu Repretory Theatre/Univ. of Pittsburgh | $30,000 |
| Provide targeted cultural outreach to seniors through onsite series of workshops, touring performance and theatre exercises offered at two centers in South Pittsburgh and videotaped. | |
| Mount Oliver Boro | $3,000 |
| Assist in Boro's project to equip and train fire and police departments with cardiac defibrillators for lifesaving. | |
| Neighborhoods USA - 2001 National Conference | $500 |
| Support national conference held in Pittsburgh for neighborhood activists and volunteers. | |
| Pittsburgh Fire Bureau | $3,700 |
| Support extension of smoke detector program to Carrick and Duquesne Hts. neighborhoods which provides early alert to save lives. | |
| Program of Healthcare to Underserved Population | $12,000 |
| Provide health-related services for residents and training of community-responsive health professionals through expansion of summer internships program at three new sites in St. Clair Village, Mount Washington and Beltzhoover. | |
| South Side Local Development Company | $10,000 |
| Assure funds for small home repairs for seniors to continue effectiveness of program on South Side. | |
| Univ. Center for Social & Urban Research/Univ. of Pittsburgh | $5,000 |
| Develop significant community local information on the health disparities of African Americans in the city and county and create action plans for implementation through three "Black Papers". | |
| Univ. of Pittsburgh/School of Pharmacy | $25,000 for 1st year |
| Enhance identification, detection and appropriate treatment of chronic diseases for homeless and low-income adults at Birmingham Clinic with addition of weekly clinic and support ongoing prescription access services to local seniors. | |
| YouthWorks | $100,000 |
| Provide employment and career training opportunities to at-risk teens and young adults through community sites as part of a structured skill development program. | |
Brashear Center