Outreach Gala: Rat Pack Glitz on Grandview 

Board President Steve Darcangelo and Counselor Jeff Longo

Jeff Longo was honored at Outreach's annual gala as the Counselor of the Year.

 

 

In addition to providing counseling to teens and their families at Outreach, Jeff facilitates Outreach's Magistrate Alternative Sentencing for Teens (MAST) program and is one of the facilitators of the agency's Parenting Positively program. Jeff is dedicated to Outreach's mission of helping young people and their families, and is always willing to make the extra effort for the agency and his clients. Outreach is very fortunate to have Jeff on staff.

We are proud to announce that Outreach's first Annual Report has been completed. To read the report online, please click here.

Do you have a teenager who is struggling with addiction? Do you wish you had someone who understands what you are going through?  Do you feel like you are playing a game and don't know the rules?  If you can answer yes to these questions, you need to know about Parent Survival Skills Training (PSST).
 
The goal of PSST is to empower parents with skills they need to deal with teenage substance abuse by giving them support, information and techniques to help their child deal with addiction. There is no charge for attending the group and the only requirement is that parents are serious in wanting to make a difference in their child's life. Juvenile Probation officers coordinate this program at its three locations:
� Eastern Community Based Probation Office on the 1st Saturday of the month
� Trinity Lutheran Church on the 2nd Saturday of the month
�  Outreach Teen & Family Services on the 3rd Saturday of the month
All sessions are held 9:00-11:30 am.

 

Please visit the group's website for additional information and to read their blog of parents who are struggling and learning how to best deal with teenage addiction:

http://nevertheless-psst.blogspot.com/.

Outreach will begin providing part-time counseling services at the Bidwell Training Center in Pittsburgh. Bidwell offers training to qualified Pennsylvania applicants at no cost in Culinary Arts,  Horticulture Technology, Chemical Laboratory Technician, Office Technology, as well as various allied and administrative health occupations. Elmore Lockley, an Outreach counselor, will provide counseling and educational services to Bidwell students 20 hours a week.

The Teen and Adult Outreach Advisory Panels have been very active over the past two months. The teen members have adopted the Highmark Walk as their volunteer project and have been recruiting walkers and soliciting donations. The adult panel is reviewing our counseling programs and identifying improved marketing approaches. A special thanks to all panel members for their dedication and commitment to improving Outreach services.

Please consider donating an item on our wish list to Outreach's offices:

Thank you!