Archive for the ‘Investments in the News’ Category

Hi All,
In case you didn’t catch the wonderful story last Friday on DUQ about SNAP™, down load it now and take a listen: http://www.wduq.org/news/BehavioralHealth/index.html (Broadcast Date: July 17, 2009)
PSVP Partner Tom Canfield set out on a personal mission three years to find the best possible program to keep troubled kids out of “Real” trouble. [...]

Good morning all,
Tom Canfield, PSVP partner extraordinair, single handidly brought a Toronto based initiative called SNAP™ to Pittsburgh. SNAP™ works with boys ages 6-11 who have encountered some significant trouble at school or with the law and works to prevent future incidents.
PSVP invested $8,800 initially in the program which Tom Canfield leveraged into $6 million [...]

You might have noticed the featured article in this last Sunday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about PSVP partner Jeremy Resnick incredible success with his five Propel Charter Schools.  Their enrollment is now approaching over 1,500 students but more impressive is the increase academic achievement by all their students.
Way to go Jeremy!!!

“New plan keeps young adults in foster system” . . . “A ‘paradigm shift’ for county’s efforts” . . .”it’s a radical approach that could see Allegheny County emerge as a model in serving transitioning youth“.
These are some of the quotes used in the today’s P-G article about an innovative, one shop, program being implemented [...]

The Grant Review Commitee has been hard at work over the last 7 months and we are coming to a close next month.  Thank you to the Grant Review Committee and to everyone who has helped during the process including the site visit teams!!!  Great Job Everyone!!  Our final three organizations are  Strong Woman Strong [...]

The Grant Review Committee has been hard at work over the last 7 months and the process will be coming to a close next month.  I would like to thank everyone on the Grant Review Committee for a job well done and everyone else who helped in the process including the site visit teams!!  Great Job [...]

PSVP investment SNAP™ Pittsburgh was covered in the Pittsburgh Business Times.
University of Pittsburgh, 3 Others get violence prevention grant
 
The University of Pittsburgh and three community groups will share $3.9 million in funding from Pennsylvania to study causes and the prevention of violence.
The project will examine how such factors as brain function and environmental characteristics may [...]