State law permits state-related universities, including Pitt, to use taxpayer money only to offset tuition costs for state ...

Assisted outpatient treatment moves involuntary psychiatric care into communities — a controversial approach among disability ...

Four years after the referendum, Allegheny County Jail is still implementing changes and grappling with its effects. Sign in ...

Abrupt cancellations to AmeriCorps funding by the Trump administration threaten community service projects, from in-school ...

Patients and clinicians from New York and Ohio share perspectives on an involuntary mental health tool that Allegheny County may soon implement.

Natural gas company CNX claims responsible energy production in Pennsylvania through fracking monitoring efforts. Environmental advocates are skeptical.

County plans to opt into assisted outpatient treatment [AOT] drew skepticism and opposition from new Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities advisors.

“It is a lot of pressure being young and seeing what the economy is turning to and what’s going on in the world,” said Stalea ...

The county Department of Human Services [ACDHS] took that step after analysis of its program for forced inpatient mental health care — known as 302 commitments — showed high rates of death, emergency ...

PPS students quizzed potential future leaders ahead of the primaries as civic groups nationwide look to reverse declining youth votes.

Members of the Homeless Oversight Coordinating Committee climb a hill to remove collected garbage from an encampment on the South Side, Monday, May 12, 2025. The group works to integrate services for ...