- New Grants
- Mutli-Year Grants
- Discretionary Grants
1996 - 1998 Grants
| New Grants | |
| AHEDD | $14,000 |
| Support individualized career planning, placement and follow-up for South Pittsburgh youth with disabilities to transition from school to local employment. | |
| Brashear Association | $117,000 |
| Provide initial funding for capital improvement campaign to replace roof, air conditioning andother facility improvements at South Side and Henry Kaufmann site. | |
| Conservation Consultants | $29,500 |
| Provide energy surveys, conservation assistance and information to reduce energy costs in low-income South Side households as part of the Green Neighborhood Initiative. | |
| Consumer Health Coalition | $5,000 |
| Support outreach campaign and enrollment assistance to increase the number of eligible children in South Pittsburgh enrolled in free or low-cost health insurance. | |
| Dollar Energy Fund | $45,000 |
| Support direct utility assistance to qualified low-income South Pittsburgh households and planning for deregulation-era strategies. | |
| Elder-ado | $23,000 |
| Provide support for capital improvements including furnaces, replace doors, windows, plumbing, painting and cleaning. | |
| Emmaus Community | $22,000 |
| Enhance agency's capacity for strategic planning and development in expanding residential services for developmentally disabled adults to include a respite care center. | |
| Early Childhood Initiative/United Way | $150,000 for 3 years |
| Support development of South Pittsburgh ECI sites to provide quality childcare for low-income children from birth to age five and support school readiness and success. | |
| Family Center for Child Development/Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center | $42,000 |
| Expand comprehensive in-home family support services to high-risk elementary age children and their families in South Pittsburgh communities and create a teen parent support group. | |
| Family Hospice | $10,000 for 2 years |
| Create a special assistance fund for terminally ill patients in South Pittsburgh living alone or with limited caregiver resources. | |
| Family Resources | $67,500 for 3 years |
| Strengthen the continuum of child abuse prevention services to South Pittsburgh families through Warmline, media and information campaign and expansion of parenting classes and support groups. | |
| Generations Together/ University of Pittsburgh | $47,000 for 2 years |
| Support mentoring program in which older adult volunteers are paired with the family of a South Pittsburgh child with serious mental or developmental challenges. | |
| Grantmakers in Health | $1,000 |
| Partner in a national association with other health-related foundations to receive technical assistance, reports and training. | |
| Legal Aid Society | $60,000 for 3 years |
| Support initiation of a community-based Master's Program for Juvenile Court to provide Master's court officers, parent and child advocates for local case review and management of families in which there has been child abuse and neglect. | |
| Living At Home/ UPMC Health System | $140,000 for 2 years |
| Expansion of program to the South Pittsburgh area with a network of medical and social support services provided by staff and volunteers to maintain the elderly in their homes. | |
| Mercy Health System | $50,000 |
| Enable low-income frail elderly who quality for nursing home placement to remain in their homes through support for the initation of LifePittsburgh (formerly PACE) as an alternative comprehensive, integrated high-quality health care program based on a national model. | |
| Onala Club | $5,700 |
| Provide computers to expand youth program services to teens and young adults at this alternative social club for people in recovery. | |
| One Small Step | $200,000 for 3 years |
| Provide capacity-building grant for extended day program to serve 4th-6th grade African-American males primarily from the Knoxville, Beltzhoover and Allentown areas with an afterschool, Saturday and summer structured standards-based program in the school setting. | |
| Pittsburgh Community Services | $46,000 |
| Support intensive family-centered intervention and case management for South Pittsburgh youth who are first-time juvenile offenders or who have a history of minor crimes through Project Lifeline. | |
| Salvation Army | $105,000 for 3 years |
| Enroll local adults who are homeless and have drug/alcohol addictions into an intensive short-term program of case management, work training, job placement assistance and healthcarethrough collaboration with Goodwill Industries and Pittsburgh Healthcare for Underserved Populations. | |
| School of Nursing/University of Pittsburgh | $51,000 for 2 years |
| Support nurse-managed pediatric center in its development of a health-care education program for children to age 12 at South Pittsburgh childcare centers, elementary schools and atcommunity events. | |
| SIDS Alliance | $39,200 |
| Provide for a the development of a culturally-sensitive prevention project targeted to South Pittsburgh communities to reduce SIDS death and infant mortality rates for African-Americans in low-income communities. | |
| South Side Baseball Association | $3,000 |
| Support construction of a concession stand which will be used as ongoing source of income to continue goal of including all children from the area in baseball regardless of income. | |
| South Side Local Development Co. | $14,000 |
| Planning grant to support the design and development of a home repair program for South Pittsburgh seniors. | |
| South Side Meals on Wheels | $1,000 |
| Help support purchase of a new walk-in freezer for daily meals to homebound seniors. | |
| St. Clair Citizen's Council | $75,000 |
| Provide support for on-site afterschool academic program for 3rd-5th graders as well as summer camp. | |
| YouthWorks/Pittsburgh Council on Public Education | $50,000 |
| Support youth employment and career development for low-income youth year-round in the South Pittsburgh area through local schools and neighborhood groups. | |
Brashear Center