Women Veterans Conference

March is Women Veterans Month Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of PA is proud to sponsor the Women Veterans ConferenceMarch 24-26, 2023Pittsburgh, PAPittsburgh Marriott North, 100 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Agenda Includes: Veterans Benefits and how to access proper health care and benefits for women; presentations by several women veterans’ advocacy groups; […]

Motivating Veterans to Engage in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Motivating Veterans to Engage in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 9:30AM PST – 10:30AM MT – 12:30PM EST Location: Virtual Presentation Presented By: Alice Maynor, LCSW Description: Veterans are a unique population to treat for substance use and mental illness due to their background in the military. After ears of having strict […]

Improving Access to High-Quality Mental Health Care for Veterans

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a 1.5 day hybrid (virtual and in-person) public workshop on Improving Access to High-Quality Mental Health Care for Veterans on April 21 and April 22, 2023 to explore the current landscape for mental health care services in the United States, including the use of telehealth […]

Building a Bridge to Veterans: Trust Centered Programs, Mental Health & Moral Injury

Building a Bridge to Veterans: Trust Centered Programs, Mental Health & Moral Injury Wednesday April 26th, 2023 12:00-2:00PM EST (11am CST • 10am MT • 9am PST) Location: Virtual Presentation Presented By: Alia Schenck MA, MSW, LCSW-A Description: A look at service delivery, important principles of relational building and cultural awareness for Veterans and family […]

Delivering Hope Through Building Connections

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 8:30 am – 3:30 pm EST Location: Soldiers & Sailors, Third Floor Ballroom 4141 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Presented By: Melissa Jenkins-Fernández, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist & USAF Veteran Catherine Markosky, CEO & Founder, STAT, Inc. Emily Benjamin, MS, Residential Addiction Counselor, St. Joseph Institute Making personal connections is key to […]

LGBTQ+ Affirming Healthcare in Erie: A Panel Discussion

June 14, 2023 11:30 AM - 1 PM Blasco Library: 160 E Front St, Erie, PA 16507 Contact us at (814) 454-0843 or sfrigon@eriecommunityfoundation.org Register online This is a free event provided by UPMC Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, The LGBT Funds of The Erie Community Foundation, Mercyhurst University and The Hamot Health Foundation. Historically, the LGBTQ+ […]