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2008 Grants Awarded

Women | Girls | People with Disabilities | Other

Women

Grant Description	Amount
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation For distribution of Strength and Courage: An Exercise DVD for Breast Cancer Survivors	$10,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Continued support for an initiative to screen women with Multiple Sclerosis for domestic violence and increase victims' access to services by providing emergency assistance	$78,220 over three years
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (P.O.W.E.R.) To support ongoing gender-specific services to women in recovery from addiction	$45,000
Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force Support for a pilot program to provide HIV awareness and prevention information to African-American women	$16,576
THE PROGRAM for Offenders, Inc. General operating support for services to female offenders who are in the residential alternative to incarceration program	$45,000
Steel City Dragon-Boat Association Support for Pink Steel, a breast cancer survivor's dragon boat team and support group	$15,000
Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh To support the emergency hotline while the agency develops a plan to sustain and expand this service	$80,000 over two years
Sisters Place, Inc. To produce marketing brochures for a major gifts campaign, and for supportive services provided in conjunction with transitional housing programs for homeless women and their children	$30,000
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Sponsorship of the 2008 Race for the Cure, designated for outreach and education programs to increase screening for breast cancer among women with disabilities	$5,000
Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania Speaker honorarium	$250

Girls

Grant Description	Amount
Adagio Health Operating support for the Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania, an emerging network of providers, funders and community leaders who are dedicated to improving the lives of girls	$11,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania / Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project Continued funding to clarify legal guidelines and treatment standards and provide trainings for hospital personnel and advocates who care for minors following a sexual assault	$30,000
East Liberty Family Health Care Center For the Birth Circle Program, providing pregnant teens with individualized support for prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, and delay of future pregnancies	$50,000 over two years
Girl Scouts - Trillium Council For continued support of the Pulse program, an after school discussion groups for girls ages 11 to 13 focusing on empowerment and safety	$37,723
Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sponsorship of 2008 Girls on the Run event	$5,000
The Salvation Army To support the Girls of Grace program, designed to empower girls living in the West End neighborhoods of Pittsburgh	$6,000

People with Disabilities

Grant Description	Amount
Achieva Support for an initiative to improve access to dental care for people with disabilities	$36,920
ACTION-Housing, Inc. Continued administrative support for the Accessibility Modification Program providing free accessibility improvements to the homes of low-income persons with disabilities	$60,000 over two years
Allegheny County Department of Human Services Discretionary grant for planning an audio visual history about being a person with a disability in our region, as part of the Pittsburgh 250 anniversary celebration	$5,000
Arc Human Services, Inc. Support for Camp Laughalot and Club Arc, providing structured programming for children with mental retardation in Washington, Greene and southern Allegheny counties	$20,000
The ARC of Indiana County For expansion of the Community Outreach Program, providing disability-related educational opportunities for youth in transition, parents, emergency responders, and other community members	$15,500
Blind and Visual Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh To help defray the cost of replacing the roof on the main facility	$30,000
Blueroof Technologies To support the cost of transporting the Blueroof Independence Module and its associated assistive technology to the David Lawrence Convention Center for the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show in March 2008	$3,400
Butler County Association for the Blind To support services for people who are blind or have severe vision impairments	$20,000
Catholic Charities/Diocese of Pittsburgh To purchase accessible examination tables and provide disability awareness training for staff and volunteers at the new Health Care Center	$23,966
Center for Theater Arts For continued support of musical theater classes and performances for adults with disabilities	$7,210
The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime To improve access to services for people who become disabled as a result of victimization	$45,225
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Support for construction of the Physical and Occupational Therapy Departments as part of the New Hospital Capital Campaign	$150,000 over three years
The Children's Institute 2007 Phyllis Reymer Totten Scholarship Award	$5,000
Disability Funders Network 2008 Prorated Calendar Year Institutional Dues	$1,125
Education Law Center Support for advocacy for children with disabilities, to ensure access to appropriate educational opportunities	$35,000
Family Medicine Education Consortium For a pre-conference session on Medical Homes for People with Intellectual and other Development Disabilities at the 2007 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Northeast Region meeting	$2,500
Highlands Hospital To purchase an accessible procedure table and provide staff training to increase accessibility for patients with disabilities	$45,568
Ohio Valley General Hospital Foundation To provide disability awareness trainings to staff and conduct an accessibility audit as the first phase in an initiative to improve access to healthcare and preventive services for patients with disabilities	$10,175
Pennsylvania Health Law Project To increase access to home and community based services for individuals with physical, sensory, and developmental disabilities	$100,000 over two years
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum To purchase a wheelchair lift for the Trolley Display Building	$8,184
United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh For the UCP Kids TEACHER Program, a partnership with the Pittsburgh Public Schools designed to support teachers in strategizing ways to include children with disabilities in the classroom and help them build social relationships	$66,000 over two years
The Watson Institute Toward production of a series of DVDs on topics related to autism to be used for training and consultation of professionals	$120,000 over two years

Other

Grant Description	Amount
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. 2008 Membership Dues	$2,813

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