2008 Area of Emphasis
Helping the Community Address the Losses Experienced by Children Whose Parents are Incarcerated
Organization | Project Name/Purpose | Award | Duration |
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Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh | Partnership between the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Bureau of Corrections – to provide opportunities for families to experience the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. | $21,875 | One Year |
Gwen’s Girls | Comfort Place for children whose parents are arrested – a six-month pilot program to provide comfort to children waiting for their designated caregivers after their parents have been arrested by Pittsburgh police officers. Pilot to determine number of children in need of resource, what services are needed, and for how long. | $25,000 | Six Months |
Lydia’s Place, Inc. | Supplemental grants for additional expenditures made by Lydia’s Place for the Family Activity Center at the Allegheny County Jail ($6,813.25); and for the Carnegie Mellon graduate intern Lydia’s Place employed to assist in the planning of the Family Activity Center ($336.25) | $7,149.50 | Three Months |
Lydia’s Place, Inc. | 2008 Family Activity Center Transition – to assist this partnering agency in covering some administrative costs for the second half of 2008 after the Family Activity Center is integrated into the operations and management to the Allegheny County Jail on July 1. | $27,856 | Three Months |
The Pittsburgh Foundation | Human Service Integration Fund – for activities that achieve the goals of the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative (Depts. of Human Services, Health, Bureau of Corrections, Criminal Courts) especially for achieving family relationship maintenance and strengthening for parents incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail and their families. | $40,000 | One Year |
The Pittsburgh Foundation | Neighbor-Aid Fund – to join with others in the philanthropic community to provide emergency aid for eviction prevention, food, utilities and transportation during this fiscal crisis…. with particular concern for families of the incarcerated who, even prior to the economic crisis, often struggled to meet their basic needs. | $5,000 | One Year |
Point Park University School of Arts and Sciences | Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation Graduate Internship in Criminal Justice – To continue an internship program at Point Park University Graduate Program in Criminal Justice devoted to issues of children and families of arrested and incarcerated parents. | $12,000 | One Year |