Grant extends Pitt's Family Friends program
A grant of $25,000 will extend for 18 months Pitt's Family Friends program, which provides assistance to families whose children are diagnosed with mental illness or disorders.
The grant was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation's largest private philanthropy dedicated to improving health care through grant-giving.
Family Friends recruits volunteers over the age of 50 to provide at-home emotional support for parents, academic and other assistance for children and companionship for family members to cultural or recreational events.
About 25 families a year are linked with Family Friends volunteers.
"Many of these families are overwhelmed by day to day parenting and physical care of their children," said John Cassase, director of school and family-based programs at Pitt's Generations Together, which received the grant. For more information about Family Friends, call Generations Together at 648-7157.
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