Bethlehem Haven is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization providing a number of services including emergency shelter; transitional housing; medical, dental, obstetrics and mental health services; as well as employment services to women in the Pittsburgh area.
Bidwell Training Center
“We change lives” is more than just a saying, it’s a vocation for Bidwell’s students and staff. Their majors give you the tools you need to build a better future; they are designed to fill employer needs through strong partnerships with leading regional corporations, agencies and organizations. Many of BTC’s courses of study feature externships, gaining you practical on-the-job experience plus valuable professional contacts and references. BTC’s teachers take the extra steps needed to ensure you have what you need to succeed.
Butler County Association for the Blind
For over seventy years, the Blind Association has served blind and visually impaired residents of Butler and Armstrong counties, providing education, life skills training, support, employment, and advocacy. They’ve touched the lives of thousands of individuals and families and guided them along the path to fulfillment and independence.
Community Education at Carlow University
The Community Education at Carlow University Program is designed to assist single parents, displaced homemakers and individuals in transition to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Since 1994 Community Education at Carlow University has been helping people in transition at Downtown, North Hills, and South Hills sites.
Community Human Services
Community Human Services Corporation seeks to enhance people’s lives and strengthen communities by providing opportunities to develop individual potential and by delivering comprehensive services that maximize the health and well-being of those it serves in South Oakland and the greater Pittsburgh area.
Crisis Center North
Crisis Center North is committed to assisting victims of domestic violence in our community through a variety of resources and services. Ongoing evaluation of programs allow Center staff to develop strategies to interrupt the cycle of violence in our community. Crisis Center North provides thousands of hours of free educational/empowerment counseling to adult and child victims of domestic violence each year.
Genesis of Pittsburgh
At Genesis, we believe that every child is a gift and deserves a safe and loving home. We help young women in Allegheny and Washington Counties face unplanned pregnancies and create new beginnings for themselves and their children. Genesis is committed to providing a complete spectrum of programs and services which offer positive, life enhancing solutions to these women and their babies. Established in 1973, Genesis of Pittsburgh, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonsectarian, tax-exempt organization.
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council
Is there a need for GED classes, adult basic education, and family literacy programs in the Pittsburgh area? YES! Every day five to ten new students call our offices to ask about enrolling in our programs. They urgently want to improve their lives through the power of education. Please help us to meet this heavy demand for services. Your involvement will open up a life.
HEARTH
Every family and individual should be able to live in safe, affordable housing. We accomplish our mission through two programs that we operate, Benedictine Place and PRIDE.
Benedictine Place we provide transitional housing to homeless women with children while they work to become economically self-sufficient. While the “Moms” go to school and obtain marketable skills, the staff at HEARTH provide support through Case Management, donations, volunteer services and connections with community resources.
PRIDE is a permanent supportive housing program for women with a mental health or physical disability comprised of scattered site apartments throughout the community. Through this program, women leaving Benedictine Place who are in need of longer term support can continue to receive it while taking additional steps to become independent.
Network of Hope
The Network of Hope’s MISSION is to PROMOTE LASTING CHANGE in the lives of individuals, families and communities.
With this in mind, OUR VISION is to see people experiencing LASTING CHANGE as evidenced by:Strong SUPPORT SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, EMOTIONAL STABILITY, and the desire & ability to GIVE BACK IN SERVICE to others. We offer 20 different programs, most of which are free and have no income restrictions.
North Hills Community Outreach
North Hills Community Outreach is an interfaith organization addressing the needs of people in crisis, hardship and poverty. NHCO’s services include two food pantries, utility assistance, emergency financial help, Family Savings Accounts, college scholarships for nontraditional adults, support groups, individualized computer and employment training, Faith in Action volunteer caregiving, transportation, youth leadership, a partnership with Community Auto, and much more!
Pennsylvania Women Work
The mission of Pennsylvania Women Work is to promote the economic self-sufficiency and ensure the empowerment of single parents, displaced homemakers and individuals in transition and to advocate for educational and economic equity.The vision of PAWW is that individuals in transition will participate fully in planning and achieving their career education and personal goals in a setting that preserves dignity and personal choice.
POWER
We envision a day when all women struggling with addiction will embrace the journey and realize the promises of recovery, enhancing and strengthening relationships with children, family and community. POWER’s mission is to help women reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction to alcohol and other drugs, and reduce the incidence of addiction in future generations.
Pregnancy Care Centers
The Pregnancy Care Centers have been providing answers in Pittsburgh neighborhoods since 1985. Caring, Confidential, Trusted by thousands of women for over 20 years. Free and confidential services our center can offer you: Obstetrical ultrasound, Pregnancy testing, Rewards program, Material assistance, Abortion recovery support and help, Support groups, Childbirth classes.
Working Order
Working Order® helps people with disabilities or other obstacles to employment create meaningful work for themselves through entrepreneurship. Our goals are to provide support for entrepreneurs in a cooperative setting, to create a truly diverse work environment welcoming people with or without disabilities and to make micro-enterprise accessible to the widest range of individuals through business coaching, shared resources, and community connections.
Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
Founded in 1974, Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh (WC&S) was one of the first six shelters in the United States for battered women. Since that time, WC&S has been at the forefront of the Battered Women’s Movement, creating and implementing innovative and effective programming aimed at preventing domestic violence and providing services to domestic violence victims.