Allegheny
County Department of Human Services One
Smithfiled Street Pittsburgh, PA 15122 Telephone:412-350-5805
Fax:
412-350-2785
Website: http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/dhs/
The Department of Human Services (DHS) is
responsible for providing and administering
human services to county residents. The Department
is dedicated to meeting these human services
needs, most particularly to our vulnerable
populations, through an extensive range of
prevention, early intervention and crisis
management and after-care services provided
through its program offices.
Programs
Offered:
DHS services include: Programs serving the
elderly, mental health services (includes
24-hour crisis counseling); drug and alcohol
services; child protective services; at-risk
child development and education; hunger services;
emergency shelters and housing for the homeless;
energy assistance; non-emergency medical transportation;
job training and placement for youth and adults;
and services for individuals with mental retardation
and developmental disabilities.
Allegheny
Intermediate Unit: Adult ESL 1401
Forbes Avenue, Suite 225, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Telephone:412-394-5803
Fax:
412-394-5990Website:
www.aiu3.net/
Contact
Person: Danis
Kubiak, Program CoordinatorE-mail: kubiak@aiu3.net
Brief
History:
For
over 20 years, the ESL program has served
adult learners wishing to improve their English
proficiency skills. Annually, the program
serves over 1,200 students from over 50 countries
worldwide. Paid, well-trained and experienced
instructors teach our multi-level classes.
Instruction is free and materials are provided.
For more information, please call Danis Kubiak
at 412-281-7937.
Programs
Offered:
The
ESL program seeks to help any non-English-speaking
adult to learn American English. Students
may enroll in the program at any time of the
year. Classes are held at Baldwin High School,
in downtown Pittsburgh, and in the Oakland
area. Morning, afternoon and evening classes
are available. Instruction takes place in
classes and in tutoring sessions. The focus
is on communication and daily living skills.
These include:
*
Survival
Skills:
using
the telephone, post office, public transportation;
reading a bus schedule, opening a checking
account, buying food, finding community
resources, etc.
*
Skill
Building and Grammar:practice
with the structure of the English language,
syntax, pronunciation, conversation
and listening, spelling, punctuation,
idioms, etc.
Fees:
There
is no charge to students and materials are
provided.
Allegheny
Intermediate Unit: K-12 ESL 1400
Penn Ave. Suite 201; Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Telephone:412-281-7937
Fax:
412-281-7939
Website: www.aiu3.net/
The Allegheny Intermediate Unit offers English
as a Second Language Services to 42 school
districts in Allegheny County and surrounding
areas. Over 500 children are serviced by 50
by trained ESL teachers. Full services from
evaluation, consultation, and academic instruction
are offered.
Programs
Offered:
: K-12 English as a Second Language instruction
.
Fees:
Fee structure is based on in county or out
of county school districts. The fees are specific
for the services that are required. Please
contact the office for quotes or questions,
412-394-5803.
Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall
Chamber of Commerce 3501
Brownsville Road Pittsburgh, PA 15227 Telephone:412-884-1233
Website:
www.bbwchamber.com
Carnegie
Mellon Univeristy
Department of Modern Languages
Baker
Hall 160 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh,
PA 15213 Telephone:412-268-5669
Fax:
412-268-1328
Website:
http://ml.hss.cmu.edu/ml/about.html
Catholic
Charities Diocese of Pittsburgh
Refugee Services
Program 3212
Ninth St. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Telephone:412-456-6999
Website:
http://www.ccpgh.org/Website/home.htm
Contact
Person:
Juanita Menchaca, Director Refugee Resettlement E-mail:
jmench@ccpgh.org
Brief
History:
Since 1910 Catholic Charities has provided
assistance to those in need. Current programs
include counseling, community programs, refugee
resettlement, emergency relief, housing and
tangible assistance, child care, mother and
infant programs, youth activities, elderly
and parish services. The agency serves over
80,000 individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity
or religion, in six counties of southwestern
Pennsylvania.
Programs
Offered:
Catholic
Charities Refugee Services Program provides
resettlement services for all refugees being
brought to Pittsburgh through the U.S. Department
of State and the United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops. Services include:
1.
housing
assistance
4.
acculturation
and orientation
2.
employment
services
5.
school
registration
3.
access
to social services and health services
Fees:
None
Concordia
Lutheran Church - Talk Time 3109
Brownsville Road, Brentwood, 15227 Telephone:412-881-3005
Other Phone:
412-881-1131
Talk Time began in January of 2001 with
several families meeting twice a month for
informal English conversation practice.
Programs
Offered:
Concordia's work with internationals has
included Talk Time, meeting twice a month
on Friday evenings and children's activities
during the conversation practice for adults.
We have also given
gift baskets for Christmas gifts to the refugee
families.
Individuals from
our congregation have befriended many members
of the Talk Time families, providing homework
help, rides, etc.
Fees:
None
Family
Resources University
of Pittsburgh Student Union Pittsburgh, PA
15260 Telephone:412-363-1702
Fax:
412-363-1724
Website: http://www.familyresourcesofpa.org/
Since 1986, Family Resources has distinguished
itself as a leader in combating child abuse
and providing support and treatment services
to families in Western Pennsylvania.
We offer innovative programs that have a
measurable impact in preventing abuse. Where
abuse occurs, we treat the whole family --
the perpetrators of violence as well as the
victims.
We continue to work with health care providers
and other social service organizations to
become even more effective in providing parents
and other caregivers with the support they
need to raise happy, healthy children.
Programs
Offered:
We offer families a wide range of options
to meet their needs -- from telephone counseling,
information and referral, to home visiting,
support groups, psychological counseling,
and tangible help in time of crisis. Many
services are available in the privacy of your
own home. Others are available at convenient
locations. Child care is often provided.
Greater
Pittsburgh Literacy Council (GPLC) 100
Sheridan Square 4th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Telephone:412-661-7323
Fax:
412-661-3040
Website:
http://www.gplc.org/
Contact
Person:Karen
Mundie, Associate Director or Don Block, Executive
Director
E-mail:
GPLC@aol.com
Brief
History:
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council (GPLC)
was founded in 1976 to provide adult literacy
and adult basic education services to the
least educated and most in need citizens of
the Greater Pittsburgh area. GPLC was at that
time an all-volunteer agency. Since 1982,
when it outgrew its all-volunteer structure,
GPLC has expanded to employ a staff of thirty-five
with an annual student base of well over one
thousand. The basic mission of GPLC has remained
the same, but with a staff knowledgeable in
adult education, curriculum design, volunteer
management, and community organizing, it has
been able both to refine and extend its service.
GPLC maintains nine neighborhood offices in
addition to our main office in East Liberty.
Staff in these offices assist the approximately
400 active volunteers who serve our students
annually.
Programs
Offered:
Current services include basic literacy
instruction, GED preparation, English as a
second language instruction, skills brush-up
classes for adults wishing to enter post secondary
training, workplace education classes, basic
computer education classes, and family literacy
classes.
Fees:
All services are offered free to students.
Certain workplace classes are offered on
a fee-for-service basis and are paid for
by employer.
Jewish
Family and Children's Service (JF&CS)
Refugee and Immigration
Service Center (RISC) 5743
Bartlett Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Telephone:412-422-5627
Fax:
412-422-9540
Website:
http://www.jfcspgh.org/index.asp
JF&CS was originally founded to help
immigrants learn English, acquire job skills,
and to become acculturated into their adopted
country. Later, JFCS added many social services,
including counseling, senior services, adoption,
guardianship, vocational services, and resettlement.
RISC was established in 1988 to resettle
refugees from the former Soviet Union, later
from Bosnia, Iran, and other countries.
The Immigration Program was recognized by
the Board of Immigration Appeals of the Department
of Justice to provide low-cost immigration
services to people with limited financial
resources, who could not afford the services
of an immigration attorney.
Programs
Offered:
*
Refugee resettlement, including
case management, acculturation workshops,
job development, English as a Second Language,
etc.
*
Citizenship Assistance, including
filling out applications, classes, legal representation
if needed.
*
Immigration Assistance, including consultations,
filling out forms, family-based petitions,
diversity lottery, visa extensions, travel
documents, certificates of citizenship, affidavits
of support, some asylum services, referrals
as needed.
*
Educational presentations on immigration
laws and regulations.
*
Culturally-sensitive Job Skills Workshops.
*
Referrals for ESL, vocational services,
counseling, and other social services.
Fees:
Nominal fees for all immigration related
services. Schedule available. Sliding scale
based on income for other services.
South Hills Interfaith Ministries (SHIM) 1900
Sleepy Hollow Road, South Park, PA 15129 Telephone:412-854-9120
Fax:
412-854-9123
Website:
http://www.shim-center.org/ Contact
Person:Carol
D. Popp, Executive Director
E-mail: cpopp@shim-center.org
Brief
History:
In 1968, SHIM began as an outreach ministry
to the area's youth with its "Ministry
in the Mall" at the South Hills Village
Mall. Today, SHIM is a ministry dedicated
to meeting a variety of needs for people of
all ages.
SHIM has a rich history of providing important
services of caring in our community by our
involvement in facilitating Family Hospice,
Meals on Wheels, Senior Partners in Mt. Lebanon,
Interfaith Re-employment Group, and Interfaith
Hospitality Network.
Programs
Offered:
COUNSELING
SERVICES:
SHIM's counseling services meet an increasing
need for affordable, accessible, and quality
mental health care. Services are available
on a sliding fee scale, based on the client's
income. Most health insurance plans are also
accepted. Through the counseling service,
SHIM provides parent training classes, family
therapy, group therapy for obsessive compulsive
disorders, marriage counseling, and individual
therapy for depression and anxiety disorders.
FAMILY ASSISTANCE
CENTER assists families in need by:
*
Distributing groceries,
clothing and small household items on
a bi-monthly basis and in emergencies.
Yearly we sponsor a school supply distribution,
a linen distribution and a holiday gift
"store". Only SHIM pantry
families and youth mission program families
are eligible.
*
Serving as a screening
agency for the Dollar Energy Program.
YOUTH MISSION
PROGRAMS - SHIM operates the following programs
in neighborhoods of need:
*
Early Childhood Program
*
After School Tutoring
Programs
*
Summer Recreation Programs
*
VOLUNTEER GRANDPARENTS:
In conjunction with Big Brothers/Big
Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, SHIM's
Volunteer Grandparent Program matches
adults with children for long-term mentoring.
INTERFAITH
AND INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING:
SHIM seeks ways to foster understanding and
respect between the many diverse faiths, races
and cultures in the South Hills community
by sponsoring an annual Martin Luther King,
Jr. Unity Celebration and an annual Interfaith
Holocaust Observance, as well as other diversity
education programs for teens and adults.
Fees:
None
Whitehall
Presbyterian Church 4935
East Willock Road Pittsburgh, PA 15227 Telephone:412-882-7973 Website:
http://www.whitehallpc.org/ Contact
Person:
Jesse J. Siefert
E-mail: Jesse@whitehallpc.orgJesse@whitehallpc.org
Brief
History:
The Whitehall Church has been a neighborhood
church for 54 years. Located just 1/4 mile
from Prospect Park, people of all ages attend
worship and programs at the church.
Programs
Offered:
Traditional (morning) and contemporary (evening)
Sunday worship, Sunday School, Teen programs
(Sunday nights), Aerobics, English as a Second
Language (in partnership with numerous other
local agencies), music progams for all ages
(including both contemporary Christian music
and handbells), Bible study, food bank and
a clothing closet.
Brief History: The Whitehall Public Library
has been serving the South Hills in general
and Whitehall in particular with books, audio
and visual materials and information since
its founding in 1963.
Programs
Offered:
Programs Offered: Books, audio and video
materials, programs and information.
Fees:
None
Administration Building, 4900 Curry Road,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
