What would you do if you didn't own a car -- not by choice, but because you couldn't afford to -- and you relied on public transportation to get you to and from work? Then you heard the news that the Port Authority is proposing to eliminate 46 of 102…Read More
Building families through adoption
At JF&CS's Family Hope Connection (FHC), we work tirelessly every day to build families through adoption. In the last two months, we celebrated four finalizations (the legal process that transfers parental rights to adoptive parents). Since we typically average 10 finalizations a year (of which two to three are usually…Read More
Generosity of Jackson Charitable Trust Helps Unemployed
Pittsburghers haven't been immune to the downturn in the nation's economy, and our Career Development Center is busier than ever serving those who have been impacted by the recession and are looking for work. For more than two decades, the CDC has helped clients to quickly find meaningful employment by…Read More
JF&CS helps change the face of Pittsburgh
During the steel mill era in the not-so-distant past, immigrants from all over the world came to Pittsburgh to earn a decent living and to put down their roots. Immigrants still come to Pittsburgh today for the same reasons but now they are looking for jobs in high tech, light…Read More