Jun 04 HAVIN, Inc., is expanding focus groups in Armstrong County
Leader Times – HAVIN, Inc. recently announced that it has received a capacity-building grant from the Staunton Farm Foundation to support the formation of focus groups in the most rural parts of Armstrong County.
Members of the focus groups will evaluate the correlation between mental health and domestic violence with the goal of closing service gaps in rural communities.
“To date, we have met with community members from Dayton, Gilpin, Parker, Sugarcreek, South Bend, and Templeton. We gleaned a lot of great information from those conversations, and we are excited to expand our focus groups to residents in more populated areas of Armstrong County,” HAVIN Executive Director Laurie Johns said.
HAVIN, Inc. will hold two final focus groups in West Kittanning.
Residents from any municipality are invited to attend, but must pre-register to receive a gift card.
The woman’s group is at 5 p.m. June 26 at the West Kittanning Borough Building, 229 Arthur St., Kittanning.
The men’s group is to be at 5 p.m. June 27, also at the West Kittanning Borough Building.
Space is limited to the first 15 registrants.
Each meeting will last 1-2 hours.
All participants will receive a $50 gift card for their time.
For more information about this project or to register for a Focus Group, please contact Mia Airgood at: 724-543-1180 ext. 205 or by email at mairgood@havinpa.org
About HAVIN, Inc.
HAVIN is a dual center providing services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their significant others.
About the Staunton Farm Foundation
The Staunton Farm Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of people who live with mental illness and substance use disorders.
The Foundation works to enhance behavioral health treatment, support, and recovery through grant making to nonprofit organizations in ten southwestern Pennsylvania counties (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland).