Our mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Description:
Parental Stress Center provides holistic support to parents and children who are at high risk of abuse and neglect.

• Family Unification Services supports families who are in the process build positive relationships so that parents and children can live successfully together. If parents and children are separated due to a concern for the children's welfare - Parental Stress Center staff help parents build the skills and resources that they need to care for their children successfully - so the children can be returned to their care.
  
  
• Visitation Services - transports children to and from their destination and provides a safe environment at the PSC Family Center for supervised visits. We also provide visitation and transportation services for children that are being transported between custodial and non-custodial parents.
  
  
• The Youth In Service After School Program is free for at risk children in the East End - and provides diverse educational, recreational and artistic program activities.
  
  
• The Economic Empowerment Initiative provides financial literacy classes to adults and youth. This service also helps low income individuals access financial resources through the Benefit Bank. During the spring, free tax assistance is available to parents who qualify for PA's earned income tax credit program.
  
  
• Special Holiday and Literacy One-Day Events are offered for free to low income families throughout the year.



History:
The Parental Stress Center was founded in 1975 by four of Allegheny County's leading child-health and welfare organizations; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Children & Youth Services, the Juvenile Court of Allegheny County, and the Children's Home of Pittsburgh. This successful collaboration was driven by a desire to create a coordinated delivery of medical, mental health, welfare and judicial services to effectively impact the development of the young child who was at risk of child abuse and neglect.

To fuel this endeavor, assessment, intervention, education, counseling and support strategies were designed to ensure positive outcomes for children and families receiving services through Parental Stress Center. Over the years these strategies have been further defined to include best practices and outcome-based solutions for families that seek support for the chronic and immediate problems that they are confronted with in today's world. PSC will continue to prioritize the immediate and complex needs of families now, and in years to come.



Contact people:


Diane McMahon, Development Director, (phone), (email) Wendy Scott, Assistant Development Director, (phone), (email)


Office fax number: (412) 361-4801

Address:


5877 Commerce Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.PSCFamily.net

Directions:

From Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, follow Bigelow Boulevard. Follow Bigelow Boulevard through two lights. Be in the left lane after the second light. At the third light go straight onto North Craig Street. Stay in the. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: East Liberty Bus Way, 5 minutes minute walk For maps or information, please see http://www.portauthority.org/ride/ride.html

Miscellaneous Information

Are court referrals welcomed?
	Yes
Is act 33/34 clearance required of your volunteers?
	Yes

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