Forging partnerships and alliances to strengthen families
Community
Partnerships Programs - 1-888-222-4200
Family Support Counseling
Services
Provides counseling services to
individuals and families. Offers
lifeskill education classes. For more
information on these counseling
services, click here.
Families Outside
Support services for families of
incarcerated persons. For more information,
click here
Foster Care
Services.
The Foster Care Program provides
substitute family homes for children whose
parents or other birth family members are
currently unable to provide a safe and healthy
environment for them.
Children from birth through 18 years of age
are accepted for placement. Many of the children
placed have physical, medical, emotional,
behavioral, neurological, or developmental
problems.
The children are placed in foster homes which
provide not only a family environment but with
our support services also meet the children's
fundamental needs for safety, shelter,
stimulation, and nurturance while also helping
to improve the children's developmental levels
and self-esteem. For more information,
click here
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers (IVC)
of Southwestern PA, a Faith in Action
program that is part of
Family Services of
Western Pennsylvania, serves greater
Pittsburgh's aging population. The mission of
IVC is to maximize the independence and
overcome the isolation of the frail
elderly in Allegheny County. For additional
information, click here
APPRISE APPRISE is a free health insurance
counseling program for Pennsylvanians with
Medicare. In Allegheny County, APPRISE program
services are delivered by staff and volunteers
of Family Services of Western Pennsylvania in
cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of
Aging and the Allegheny County Area on Aging.
For additional information,
click here
ParentWISE
Wise
parenting is not always easy. In fact, at times, the
responsibility and demands of being a parent can feel
completely overwhelming
In
difficult times, it's reassuring to know that your are
not alone. All over Westmoreland County, ParentWISE
offers parents a number of ways to get helpful advice
and insight, including a 24-hour Helpline, where an
understanding volunteer will be glad to talk with you
about whatever the problem may be.
Sharing
the feeling and experiences all parents feel from time
to time can help make parenting easier and more
enjoyable. In virtually every area of Westmoreland
County, ParentWISE sponsors confidential, nonjudgmental
support groups-with free child care. With this support,
parents can lean on one another and learn from one
another.
Every
parent in Westmoreland County is welcome to take
advantage of ParentWISE. With ParentWISE you'll discover
that, when it comes to the challenges of parenting, you
are certainly not alone. Be assured there will always be
someone to offer understanding and support - through
either the Helpline or group meeting - encouraging you
to be the best parent you can be. For more
informationclick here
Ways to Work
Provides working parents with
low-interest loans for car purchases or repairs.
For eligibility guidelines,
click here
For additional information on all these and
other services
