Community Human Services Corporation

A big THANK YOU to folks from Arsenal School for helping us pack 60 thanksgiving food boxes for our food insecure clients. They are delivering those this today, providing everything needed for Thanksgiving dinner and dessertincluding a gift card to purchase a turkey. With so many families struggling right now to access quality foodespecially for the holidayswe are so grateful for the community support.

Our Opioid Use Disorder pilot program has been renewed for another year of programming! The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened overdose rates and opioid use in Allegheny County as isolation and fewer recovery resources are making it harder for those living with addiction. So far, 300 individuals have been served in this program, and with a third year we're projecting an additional 150. To read more about this program and CHS' role, click on the link below. ... https://chscorp.org//community-human-services-pilot-progra See more

Within a decade (2010-2019), America’s number of homeless veterans was roughly cut in half. The reduction from 74,087 to 37,085 veterans experiencing homelessness far exceeded the progress realized by chronically homeless individuals and all other subpopulations. https://endhomelessness.org/5-key-facts-about-homeless-vet/

Just a friendly reminder