UpStreet, a new innovative teen mental health program in Pittsburgh run by Jewish Family and Community Services, received a grant for $100,000 from the Staunton Farm Foundation. Staunton Farm Foundation aims to support non-profit organizations in Southwestern Pennsylvania that are improving the lives of people with mental illnesses and/or substance…Read More
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Self-Care When Someone You Love is Sick
It’s hard to escape news and information about COVID-19, and many of us are especially worried about the virus’s potential effects on the people we love. Having a loved one who with an illness can be hard on the whole family, not just the sick person, which is why it…Read More
Israel Trauma Coalition returns to Pittsburgh
[caption id="attachment_4937" align="alignleft" width="417"] Site of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill where a shooting took 11 lives. Photo taken on October 31, 2018[/caption] Within hours of the October 27th attack, the team from the Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC) was already on a plane to Pittsburgh. Contacting JFCS…Read More
Community Support Update
As we turn the page into 2019, Squirrel Hill streets look very much the same as they always have, bustling with people shopping and eating. But many people are still thinking about October 27, and feel that the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life has changed this community forever.…Read More