Organization |
Project Name/Purpose |
Bethlehem Haven |
grant to support the Safe at Home Program that provides families with access to emergency financial assistance to avoid a housing loss. |
Beverly’s Birthdays |
grant to host parties for homeless children from infancy to age 18 who are living in shelters. |
Bridge to Independence |
grant to support Parent and Child Time Together Program that will allow staff to teach parents how to support their child’s learning to help parents and children become partners in the child’s learning. |
Center for Victims of Crimes |
grant to support program to provide trauma-informed therapeutic services for kids, with a focus on helping children develop age-appropriate ways to understand what has happened and its effects. |
Great Lakes Research |
grant to collaborate with DHS and several shelters to create a training circle and measure its effectiveness as a means of teaching in an environment where the turnover rate is 38% and HUD funding for training is being eliminated. Grant will support other PCGF initiatives related to the Area of Emphasis. |
Homeless Children’s Education Fund |
grant to support Enrichment Program, designed to help children improve various skills for educational and long-term success and to develop a positive vision of their future. |
Sojourner House |
grant to support program to teach males living in program houses etiquette, manners and integrity through mentoring program. |
University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development |
grant to support staff training that is designed to improve the early childhood knowledge of participants that in turn will strengthen interactions and enhance the social-emotional development and school readiness of infant to school age children who are living in homeless housing agencies. Expand proposal to include training materials for future sessions. |
Women’s Center & Shelter |
grant to provide Emergency Shelter with new, educational games, books, equipment, and furnishings for children living in the Shelter. |