PA changed its standard for involuntary mental health
WEBOct 24, 2019 · The new AOT law. Pennsylvania was the 47th state to adopt AOT standards with less strict criteria. According to the memo of the Pennsylvania bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thomas Murt, R-Montgomery, its goal was to allow for less restrictive treatment settings and the chance to intervene sooner “before someone becomes dangerous and tragedy strikes.”
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WEBUpdate: Allegheny County Council approves settlement of dispute over Shuman Center. Allegheny County Council voted Tuesday to approve a settlement in the lawsuit it filed against the county executive last year over the privatization of the county’s juvenile detention center. Council approved the settlement by a 13-1 vote, with one abstention.….
Pittsburgh's housing authority is spending millions in Section 8 ...
WEBDec 9, 2019 · Since 2011, the Pittsburgh housing authority has spent $58 million from its Section 8 housing voucher program on the construction of mixed-income housing developments. Those developments — such as Garfield Commons, Skyline Terrace in the Hill District and Cornerstone Village in Larimer — include market-rate and affordable units and are part of the authority’s long-term […]
PublicSource maps Beechview, a Pittsburgh neighborhood
WEBPublicSource maps and chronicles the strengths of diverse communities. December 2023. You can zip past Beechview on West Liberty Avenue or Banksville Road and barely realize the neighborhood exists. Cut through it on the T, though, and you glimpse a place unique in the Pittsburgh region. Don’t let the light rail car’s rumble rock you to sleep.
What does a state attorney general actually do? - PublicSource
WEBEric Holmberg April 24, 2016. The Pennsylvania attorney general is the state’s top lawyer. The office can bring down drug rings, investigate public corruption and it defends the state when it is sued. The attorney general is also a political figure, working with the governor and the Legislature to reform state drug laws, its prison system and ...
Experts weigh PA's rising '302' involuntary treatment petitions
WEBOct 31, 2022 · Healing or dehumanizing: Experts explore the rise in ‘302’ involuntary psychiatric commitment petitions. Across Allegheny County, the number of petitions filed to initiate evaluations for involuntary psychiatric treatment increased by 21% from 2015 through 2021. Amelia Winger October 31, 2022. Training documents on …
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WEBEric Jankiewicz Eric Jankiewicz is a reporter focused on housing and economic development for PublicSource. A native New Yorker, Eric moved to Pittsburgh in 2017 and has since fallen in love with his adopted city, even if …
Rally held in McKeesport to demand justice for Aaliyah Johnson …
WEBJun 17, 2020 · On Friday, a crowd held candles outside of the apartment building in McKeesport where Aaliyah Johnson lived. They were there to honor her life — and demand a proper investigation of her death. Johnson, a transgender Black woman, died on May 26 after falling from her window in Midtown Plaza Apartments. She was in her […]
Pittsburgh's gunfire detection technology garners praise, concern
WEBAug 30, 2022 · ShotSpotter alerted Pittsburgh police to sounds, interpreted as gunshots, in this area on Dec. 15, 2018. That data was used in the prosecution of Angelo Weeden, who is appealing his conviction to the state Supreme Court, in a case that may have implications for the use of gunshot detection technology statewide.
Pittsburgh programs expand access to addiction medicine, amid …
WEBJan 6, 2022 · As overdose deaths surged in the pandemic, new programs in Pittsburgh streamline access to medicine for opioid addiction. Oliver Morrison January 6, 2022. Dade Humphries, a social worker at Prevention Point Pittsburgh, sets up the organization’s medical van in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. The group is trying to improve access to life ...
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