A social service agency is moving ahead with plans to build a group home housing three disabled people in New Kensington despite neighbors' objections. At this point we are proceeding with it as is," said Will Stennett, director of the intellectually and developmentally disabled residential program for Family Services of Western Pennsylvania. "We haven't found another site that is suitable.
A Monroeville woman and a nonprofit organization have settled a lawsuit she filed in March claiming the agency fired her in June 2009 for filing a pregnancy discrimination complaint. Tammy S. Aikins, 37, said in the lawsuit that she was a family- based mental health therapist in Family Services of Western Pennsylvania's Tarentum office until she told a supervisor in April 2009 that she was pregnant. She was reassigned immediately and put on probation a week later and fired when she filed a complaint, she said.
Pride in the Street is the party, and that's to get people to come," he says of the block party happening Sat., June 21, on Liberty Avenue Downtown. "Advocacy is something new that hasn't happened in the past." While that's ; not entirely true - there have always been information booths and representation from different LGBT-interest groups - this year will see an increase in informational programming. "Having this affiliated with PrideFest sends a signal that this is possible," says workshop facilitator Sue Kerr, community outreach liaison with Family Services of Western Pennsylvania. "The fact that our agencies reach out sends a signal that people will be treated with dignity and respect and courtesy. It's really no different than a married hetero couple, there's nothing unique, they...
A Monroeville woman claims in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that Family Services of Western Pennsylvania fired her in June 2009 for complaining about the discriminatory treatment she received once she became pregnant. Tammy S. Aikins, 37, says in the lawsuit that the nonprofit hired her as a family based mental health therapist in its Tarentum office in October 2008 and she received good reviews until April 13, 2009, when she told her supervisor that she was pregnant.
A Monroeville woman has settled her federal lawsuit claiming that Family Services of Western Pennsylvania fired her in June 2009 for complaining that she received discriminatory treatment once she became pregnant. Lawyers for Tammy S. Aikins, 37, and the nonprofit couldn't immediately be reached for comment. They filed a document on Friday saying that both sides reached a confidential settlement and that Aikins no longer wants to pursue her claims.
A Monroeville woman claims in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that Family Services of Western Pennsylvania fired her in June 2009 for complaining about the discriminatory treatment she received once she became pregnant. Tammy S. Aikins, 37, says in the lawsuit that the nonprofit hired her as a family based mental health therapist in its Tarentum office in October 2008 and she received good reviews until April 13, 2009, when she told her supervisor that she was pregnant.
BNY Mellon is starting a $6 million initiative over five years to help youths in foster care make the transition into adulthood, the company announced yesterday. In the first year of the program, BNY Mellon will give about $250,000 to four local nonprofit groups to improve programs to help young people make the transition from foster care to adulthood. The company's four partners are Auberle, FamilyLinks, Family Services of Western Pennsylvania and Holy Family Institute.
Harris is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Old Dominion University's Black Alumni Council and is or has served on the boards of the Josh Gibson Foundation, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Western Pennsylvania and Family Services of Western Pennsylvania.
Age: 41 Occupation: Director of development and communications, Family Services of Western Pennsylvania
The ParentWISE Program of Family Services of Western Pennsylvania will host a grief recovery program from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, Aug. 26 through Sept. 30, at the Greensburg office, 211 Huff Ave. Participants will receive a grief-recovery handbook and examine the myths of grieving and discuss the consequences of incomplete grief. Through activities, participants will have an opportunity to complete the grieving process and learn how to help others in dealing with losses in their lives.
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