The opening of a 40-bed recovery center in the Mon Valley caps the 33-year career of First Step’s founder and marks the rebound of an organization that clashed with the mayor and scraped bottom financially....
I’d like to express a big thank you to the Staunton Farm Foundation Board of Directors (old and new), to Bethany Hemingway (Staunton Farm’s Senior Program Officer), and to you, our stakeholders, friends, colleagues, grantee partners, and the behavioral health community....
The Leader Times - Grant to enhance School Based Counseling Program for students and families in the Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Greensburg. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Greensburg has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Staunton Farm Foundation, a Pittsburgh based charitable...
Philanthropy News Digest - The Staunton Farm Foundation in Pittsburgh has awarded 19 grants totaling $1.2 million across southwestern Pennsylvania in support of nonprofit efforts to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder programming, Pittsburgh Union Progress reports. First-time recipient organizations and agencies working across Allegheny, Beaver, Butler,...
NEXTpittsburgh – When Matilda “Aunt Daisie” Staunton Craig died in 1933, she left behind a plan that envisioned her 107-acre farm estate that overlooked the Ohio River and Sewickley turned into a residential treatment facility for locals with mental illnesses....
Pittsburgh Union Progress - Staunton Farm Foundation announced its latest round of grants on World Mental Health Day last week. The timing was just happenstance, though, as the Pittsburgh-based organization has been dedicated year-round to helping people who live with mental illness and/or substance use...
Latrobe Bulletin - Adelphoi announced a $95,000 grant from the Staunton Farm Foundation to pilot enhanced behavioral health services for youth placed in Highland Detention at Shuman Center. This funding will address a critical need for mental health care among youth in detention, helping to mitigate...
Election season can be a stressful time for everyone. The constant barrage of news, debates, and discussions can easily lead to anxiety and tension. Sure, you can limit your exposure to the 24/7 news and social media cycle – and that’s a good idea –...
North Hills Monthly Magazine - First responders are the ones who are trained to take care of others in times of emergency and usually are the first to arrive to a crisis. But while first responders— law enforcement officers, firefighters, 911 dispatchers and emergency medical...
Tribune-Review - Shanon Williams was joking with her husband and business partner Chris about how “speed dating” to connect with therapists and wellness practitioners would be interesting. The founders of The Wellness Collective made the hypothetical a reality with Mental Wellness Speed Dating. In a time when mental...