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Milestones in Pittsburgh-area homeless shelter and services
2024年12月16日 · May 2023. County data showed a pandemic-era upward swing in the number of people ages 14 to 25 using homelessness services. The county announced that the Smithfield shelter would close the following month. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey asked advocates for advice on homelessness, and some told PublicSource what they thought local leaders should know.. People wait to get into the Smithfield United ...
Allegheny County property tax compromise passes
2024年12月3日 · Allegheny County Council ended a two-month budget stalemate Tuesday, voting to raise the county property tax by 1.7 mills, or $1.70 per $1,000 in assessed value, to fund a $1.17 billion operating budget for 2025.
Winter shelter opens in Pittsburgh’s North Side amid concerns
2024年12月16日 · On Oct. 21, the county’s Department of Human Services [ACDHS] announced the opening of the new winter shelter on Maple Avenue, in the former McNaugher Education Center school building in partnership with the North Side Partnership Project and Community Family Advocates.
Pittsburgh area bus routes could be poised for major changes
2024年12月17日 · Whitney Falba, 40, rides the 13 Bellevue bus between her home in Ross and her Downtown nonprofit job four times each week. She’s used public transit for nearly 25 years, knew the route had long served the area, and factored that in when she and her spouse bought their house seven years ago, figuring they could save money by only owning one car.
Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, Nick Thieme, Author at PublicSource
2024年12月20日 · Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually high rates.
Magazine honor led me to help Second Avenue Commons pets
2024年12月13日 · Jeremy Carter, an honoree of Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 Under 40, fundraised for pets of unhoused people after a shelter fire.
Top Pittsburgh news stories from 2024 | PublicSource
2024年12月23日 · The partisan jockeying started early, with a Republican’s effort to purge thousands from Allegheny County’s voter rolls. That failed, and ultimately the county voted roughly as it did in 2020, even as many other areas trended red. In between, we endured many a misleading ad and two of the campaign’s final rallies.When the results rolled in, you were thrilled or terrified — but either ...
PA changed its standard for involuntary mental health treatment …
2019年10月24日 · The new AOT law. Pennsylvania was the 47th state to adopt AOT standards with less strict criteria. According to the memo of the Pennsylvania bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thomas Murt, R-Montgomery, its goal was to allow for less restrictive treatment settings and the chance to intervene sooner “before someone becomes dangerous and tragedy strikes.”
Systemic issues hinder health care for people with disabilities
2024年12月9日 · Drawing from published research and local voices, the report calls attention to three key barriers to health care for people with disabilities: inaccessibility, pervasive bias and ableism, and financial strain.