The Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation works to improve the emotional health of children 12 and under in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania by joining with public and private organizations of many kinds and sizes, including grassroots and faith-based groups.

The Foundation’s activities are divided between direct action to raise awareness and grants to external organizations.

In 2003 the Foundation launched a six-year initiative, “Advocating for Children Whose Parents are Incarcerated.”  Since then the Foundation has devoted its resources to understanding and communicating the losses children experience when their parents are arrested and incarcerated. In May 2008, the Foundation’s Board of Trustees approved extending the initiative through 2011.

Established in 1982, the Foundation is the successor to the Pittsburgh Child Guidance Center, which conducted research, training, and direct psychiatric services for children for more than a half century. For more on Foundation’s history, click here.

The Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation is a grantmaking and advocacy organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  It is a member of Grantmakers of Western PA, Funders in Criminal Justice, Council on Foundations and Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families.