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Officials unveil blueprint designed to improve immigrant experience

By Diana Nelson Jones / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette September 14, 2016 A crowd gathered Tuesday in the Strip District for the unveiling of the Immigrant Community Blueprint, a plan to improve the efficiency of immigrant services in Allegheny County. Many people voiced enthusiasm about its potential because so many immigrants helped build it. The plan stitches […]

The Jefferson Regional Foundation awards $1.67 million in the first full year of grantmaking.

Eight grants totaling $502,260 were awarded in the Increasing Health Access and Prevention priority. These include a partnership with the Allegheny County Health Department to implement the Live Well Allegheny initiative in the Mon Valley and returning local patients home from Jefferson Hospital through use of a dedicated wheelchair ambulance van.   Improving Child and […]