2003 - 2004 Grants
| New Grants | |
| American Cancer Society | $7,500 |
| Increase awareness and promotion of healthy behaviors and wellness for students, staff and parents at Carrick High School through development of an effective School Health Council which includes students, administrators, health staff and community resource people. | |
| American Red Cross | $10,000 for 1st year |
| Increase the independence of older adults with health limitations through subsidized installations of the Lifeline personal response system. | |
| Brashear Association | $2,500 |
| Assist with special food distribution to local residents during December holiday season. | |
| Brashear Association | $15,000 |
| Expand the collaborative capacity of key local senior providers to anticipate, respond and engage in joint projects which meet the needs of South Pittsburgh seniors, build efficiencies and capacity for the long-term. | |
| Center for Victims of Violence and Crime | $35,000 |
| Establish and evaluate a comprehensive school and community based violence prevention program at Knoxville Middle School including a weekly support group, drumming, drama and community forums and performances which involve youth in partnership with adults and community residents to reduce youth violence. | |
| Community Building Services | $17,000 |
| Create a variety of safe, structured afterschool and summer clubs for South Pittsburgh youth based in the visual and creative arts and offered at Allentown and support capacity-building activities. | |
| Conservation Consultants | $25,000 for 1st year |
| Increase capacity of residents and leverage resources to create a more livable community within Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights through an expanded green neighborhood initiative. | |
| Duquesne University School of Nursing | $15,000 for 1st year |
| Increase the health of local seniors by operating a pilot nurse-managed onsite wellness center in collaboration with Citiparks South Side Senior Center. | |
| Elder-ado | $2,500 |
| Support creation and implementation of a board development plan and process to enhance agency capacity. | |
| Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh/YouthLink | $5,000 |
| Increase employment access for local youth through a new network of youth-serving agencies, businesses and youth advisors with hub at Goodwill's Career Link Community Center. | |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $42,500 |
| Increase the capacity of local food pantries and feeding centers to meet the hunger needs of the local individuals and families through lines of credit at the Food Bank and establish an afterschool program outreach initiative to research and meet local program's food-related needs. | |
| Gwen's Girls | $50,000 for 1st year |
| Provide prevention services to girls, ages 8-12, in the Hilltop neighborhoods through a curriculum of recreation, health and wellness activities and workshops. | |
| Holiday Food Vouchers Initiative | $2,500 |
| Assist with special food distribution to local residents during the holiday season through grants to Brashear Association ($1,300), Mercy/Hilltop Health ($600), and St. Paul's Monastery ($600). | |
| Junior Achievement | $5,000 for 1st year |
| Provide 1,000 local students with Junior Achievement economic education through afterschool and summer programs to increase their awareness and critical thinking skills. | |
| Just Harvest Education Fund | $20,000 |
| Increase ability of low-income working families in South Pittsburgh to benefit from federal and state earned income tax credits through comprehensive community outreach and free tax preparation and filing assistance on the South Side. | |
| Knoxville Middle School | $4,500 |
| Engage 32 high-risk middle school students in monthly outdoor adventure trips to improve their communication skills, frustration tolerance, and ability to learn and create appreciation for nature. | |
| Lutheran Service Society | $30,000 for 1st year |
| Maintain continued nutrition assessment and intervention to 100 at-risk seniors referred from community and food programs and enhance wellness of 800 seniors through nutrition prevention programs at 8 local senior centers. | |
| Mercy Children's Hospital/Voices Against Violence | $42,000 |
| Implement a safe and structured summer day program for 100 youth aged 9-18, who reside within the south Pittsburgh communities using Warrington Recreation Center. | |
| Neighborhood Development Ventures, Inc./SSLDC | $50,000 |
| Support the construction of supportive housing locally for very low-income people with disabilities. | |
| OASIS/Brashear Association | $15,000 |
| Reach the underserved older adult population on the South Side with the active everyday living program to increase daily physical activity and wellness. | |
| One Vision One Life/Wesley Center | $35,000 |
| Systematically collect and use street-level intelligence to prevent violence through a team of trained outreach workers engaged in intervention and assistance activities in target communities including Beltzhoover and St. Clair Village. | |
| Pittsburgh Foundation/Save Our Summer | $10,000 |
| Enable South Pittsburgh youth and families to use local city pools for healthy, safe summer recreation and fitness. | |
| Prevention Point Pittsburgh | $20,000 |
| Increase public health outreach efforts to reduce the risks for vulnerable populations of South Pittsburgh drug users through expanding partnerships with local agencies, offering needle exchange program sites, health screenings, case management, referrals, and education. | |
| Program for Healthcare to the Underserved Populations/Univ. of Pittsburgh | $8,000 for 1st year |
| Promote and provide health education to local residents at community programs through summer internships served onsite by health profession students. | |
| Saltworks Theatre | $10,000 |
| Change student attitudes with the performance of interactive prevention plays in South Pittsburgh public elementary schools that include student discussions, teacher guides and family magazines to address drug and alcohol and tobacco use. | |
| Tickets for Kids | $10,000 |
| Improve the well being of more underserved and underprivileged South Pittsburgh children and their families through inclusion in arts, education, family and sporting community events in partnerships with youth programs. | |
| YouthPlaces/Tides | $24,000 for 1st year |
| Increase positive activities for teens onsite in St. Clair Village through creation of satellite South Pittsburgh site and build community collaborations with Knoxville Middle School site participants. | |
| YouthWorks | $40,000 |
| Provide services for youth employment-using partnerships with youth, employers, schools, public sector, and local nonprofit organizations to best serve at-risk youth in South Pittsburgh. | |
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