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1999 Grants Awarded

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Women's Health

Grant Description	Amount
ACTION-Housing, Inc. Salary and benefits for an additional case manager for the Homeless Families Service Program	$33,000
Bethlehem Haven Funding for Project Employ, providing job training and transitional employment for homeless women	$20,300
Blackburn Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Capital Campaign donation for renovations to make the shelter accessible for women with disabilities	$15,000
Family Health Council General operating support for Healthy Start House, which provides short-term residential care for low-income pregnant women and new mothers who are experiencing medical complications or homelessness	$40,000
Family Resources For general operating expenses relating to Warmline, a telephone support, information and referral service for parents and caregivers	$38,376
FamilyLinks at the Whale's Tale General operating support for the Bridge Housing Program for teen parents	$15,000
Girls Hope of Pittsburgh General support for this residential program for girls who have academic and leadership potential but have been affected by adverse family conditions	$20,000
HEARTH For new outreach efforts at this transitional housing program for women and children who face the crisis of homelessness	$23,194
Lydia's Place, Inc. For support of the Family Reunification Enhancement Effort (F.R.E.E), providing intervention services to female offenders, their children and the children's caregivers during and after incarceration	$25,000
Mom's House, Inc. of Pittsburgh To build a handicapped-accessible entrance and covered porch at the Northside facility of this agency, which provides daycare to enable low-income student parents to complete their education	$25,000
National Council of Jewish Women Toward the speaker's fee for the Opening Program on Voluntarism. The keynote speaker was Ms. Marci Shimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul	$1,000
National Council of Jewish Women For the Mammogram Voucher Program of the 1999 Race for the Cure	$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Western PA, Inc. For general operating support of two components of the Community Education Program: the special needs program for individuals who are developmentally disabled and the Baby Think it Over Program	$25,000
Providence Connections, Inc. Salary support for a family development specialist at the Providence Family Support Center	$33,069
Travelers Aid Society Support for the Prenatal/Postnatal Mobile Moms Transportation Assistance Program	$10,000
Victim Outreach Intervention Center For start-up funding of a substance abuse case management program for victims of domestic violence	$27,960
William & Mildred Orr Compassionate Care Center General operating support of this agency that provides care for homeless people in need of a place to recuperate following a hospital stay	$20,000
Womansplace of Western PA, Inc. Start-up funding of the Bridge Housing Program for women who are making the transition from shelter to independent living	$25,000
Women & Philanthropy 1999 Membership dues	$100
Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh For one year of unanticipated rental costs for the Legal Advocacy Department	$35,000
Women's Funding Network 1999 Associate Membership dues	$250

People with Disabilities

Grant Description	Amount
Allegheny Valley School 1999 Jefferson Award Recipient	$1,000
American Heart Association For the Stroke Connection Awareness Program targeted at women in southwestern Pennsylvania	$52,764
Best Friends, Inc. Operating support for inclusive programs that foster friendships between children with and without disabilities	$25,000
Carnegie Museum of Natural History For Museum on the Move, an outreach program for special needs audiences	$25,000
Center for Creative Play For the Inclusive Arts Initiative, to introduce children with disabilities to a variety of the arts in an inclusive, family-friendly setting	$25,000
Chatham College To fund the 1999 FISA Rehabilitation Lecture: "Healthcare in a Changing Culture" featuring Mary Catherine Bateson, Ph.D.	$16,000
The Children's Institute 1999 Phyllis Reymer Totten Fund Award	$1,500
Disability Funders Network 1999 Membership Dues	$250
The Early Learning Institute For the purchase of playground equipment, storage units, furnishings and developmental toys for the Ohio Valley Center	$30,000
The Ellis School For installation of an elevator to make the campus more accessible	$61,000
The Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh Capital campaign support for the renovation of a building to serve as a respite center providing short-term care for people with retardation	$40,000
Glade Run Lutheran Services For expansion of the Therapeutic Animal Program to include children with physical disabilities	$25,000
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank To sustain and expand the Volunteer Training Project for people with disabilities	$9,086
Heritage Health Foundation, Inc. Administrative support for this multi-faceted initiative to increase helmet ownership and usage among children in the city of Pittsburgh with the goal of decreasing traumatic brain injury	$55,780
Hope Network For a study aimed at investigating the long-term outcome of traumatic brain injury on women who survive it	$33,969
Life'sWork of Western PA To provide paid internships for students with severe disabilities who are in transition from school to work	$47,880
Lupus Foundation of America For educational outreach in southwestern Pennsylvania	$5,000
McGuire Memorial Foundation For the purchase and repair of wheelchairs used by resident children with severe developmental disabilities	$35,000
One to One: Citizen Advocacy For a program to recruit, train and support citizen advocates for people with disabilities who reside in nursing homes in Beaver County, Pennsylvania	$20,000
Pittsburgh CLO For operating support for the New Horizons Program, offering musical theater training for people with physical and developmental disabilities	$15,000
Recordings for Recovery For free memberships for those who cannot afford to join this organization that operates a music lending library to enhance the quality of life of special needs populations	$2,500
Riding for the Handicapped For the Adopt-a-Horse Program, providing room and board for two horses that are used for physical and recreational therapy for people with disabilities	$7,200
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh For the ADA Accessible Capital Improvements Project at this home for families of critically ill children who are receiving treatment at nearby hospitals	$7,920
Special Olympics Pennsylvania To enable one Allegheny County athlete to participate in the 1999 World Summer Games in North Carolina	$2,100
UCP of Pittsburgh Stipends to help individuals with brain injury regain behavioral and social skills through social interaction	$3,000
University of Pittsburgh/Center for Injury Research and Control For Think First for Kids, a comprehensive brain and spinal cord injury prevention program in the City of Pittsburgh elementary schools	$35,000
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foundation For expansion, relocation and operation of the Summer Camp for Burned Children	$15,000
Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children For the Toddler Program, providing comprehensive transdisciplinary early intervention to help babies who are severely visually impaired get a head start on their education	$24,000
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Operating support for the Center on Deafness, a multidisciplinary program offering school-to-work and school-to-post secondary education opportunities to adults who are deaf or hearing impaired	$35,000

Other

Grant Description	Amount
Grantmakers in Health For general support of this national organization serving the professional needs of foundations involved in health and human services philanthropy	$1,500
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. 1999 Membership dues	$891
Health Policy Institute For operating support for this organization that seeks to enhance health in the Pittsburgh region by improving the policies and other decisions that influence it	$5,000
The Information Collaborative Support for a resource Guide for Families of Children with Special Needs	$2,000

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