Allegheny County – Abril 17, 2026 – Today, Senator Wayne Fontana announced a total of $6,151,067 in state funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) for agencies and organizations that serve the people of the 42nd District. These grants provide funding to structured programming opportunities for at-risk school-age youth and violence intervention and prevention initiatives.
“A proven way to lower crime and recidivism rates is to address the causes of violence,” said Sen. Fontana. “I am proud to support these grants to organizations in our communities that work with our at-risk youth and with those who are re-entering society. Providing safe opportunities to connect with each other and with their community is key.”
The awards were made by PCCD’s School Safety and Security Committee through two separate programs—the Building Opportunity Through Out-of-School Time (BOOST) Grants and the FY 2025-26 Violence Intervention & Prevention (VIP) Grants—after receiving and reviewing hundreds of applications from across the state.
Entre los galardonados que prestan servicio en el Distrito 42 figuran:
- Amachi Pittsburgh – $500,000 in VIP funding expand its mentoring programing for students exposed to community violence, concentrated poverty, and familial incarceration.
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania – $415,771 in VIP funding to expand out-of-school time services for middle school students.
- Center for Employment Opportunities – $500,000 in VIP funding to relaunch two paid transitional work crews in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh.
- Gwen’s Girls – $499,995 in VIP funding to address mental health needs among adolescent girls experiencing chronic stress, exposure to violence, and barriers to accessing traditional behavioral health services.
- Infinite Lifestyle Solutions – $215,085 in VIP funding for its trauma-informed Saving Our Sons and Daughters program at Sto-Rox School District.
- PA State Alliance of YMCAs (Statewide) – $900,000 in BOOST funding for programing at affiliates like the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh.
- Kidcelerate – $142,500 in VIP funding for its Learning Hub afterschool and summertime programming at Northview Heights housing community.
- Light of Life, Inc. – $499,947 in VIP funding for Street Outreach Specialists for adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness in thirteen encampments in the City of Pittsburgh.
- Open Field – $164,750 in VIP funding to expand Future Forward, a soccer-based youth development initiative serving immigrant, refugee, and other marginalized teenagers in Allegheny County.
- Outdoor Inclusion Coalition – $110,000 in VIP funding to launch the Thrive Outside After School Pathways program.
- Pittsburgh Community Science Workshop – $33,500 in BOOST funding for afterschool STEM programming in the California-Kirkbride neighborhood and in McKees Rocks.
- Project Destiny, Inc. – $500,000 in VIP funding for prevention-centered out-of-school programing for elementary students in Northview Heights and Northside neighborhoods.
- SLB Radio Productions – $369,555 in VIP funding to expand its summer programing for at-risk teens at its Youth Media Center on the Northside.
- STEM Coding Lab – $499,904 in VIP funding for its summer computer science, AI, and STEM programming in high-need neighborhoods.
- Three Rivers Rowing Association – $300,000 in VIP funding to expand First Row 2.0, a year-round violence-prevention and youth development program in the Allegheny County.
- Youth Places, Incorporated – $500,000 in VIP funding to its Hobbies to Opportunities model programming.
The Commission on Crime and Delinquency approved 177 applications totaling $65.3 million at its Abril 15 meeting. You can learn more about the PCCD and the grants it awards at www.pccd.pa.gov.
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