Allegheny County PA Family Resource Guide

About us...

The mission of the Information Collaborative is to ensure the availability of a free, comprehensive, print and electronic-format Family Resource Guide for children in Allegheny County and Southwestern Pennsylvania, birth to 21, who have medical and developmental needs.

Who We Are...

Currently the Information Collaborative includes the following organizations:

● 3 Rivers Connect
● Achieva
● Allegheny County Department of Human Services
● Allegheny County Health Department
● Alliance for Infants and Toddlers
● Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and Library for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
● Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
● Early Intervention Specialists
● Family Resources
● Highmark Caring Program
● Homeless Children's Education Fund
● Jewish Family & Children's Services
● Make-a-Wish
● March of Dimes
● Parent Resource Network
● Pennsylvania Department of Health
● Pittsburgh Public Schools Family Centered Preschool Project
● The Children's Home of Pittsburgh and Lemieux Family Center
● United Cerebral Palsy and UCP Kids
● United Way of Allegheny County
● UPMC Disability Resources

Our History...

The Information Collaborative, a coalition of individuals and representatives of non-profit medical, educational and social service organizations, published The Family Resource Guide (393 pages) in 1999.

The primary sponsor of The Family Resource Guide was UPMC Health System. Other sponsors were Alcoa, Allegheny County Health Dept., Ronald McDonald House Charities, March of Dimes, Birth Defect Foundation, The Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, The Grable Foundation, The Federation of Independent School Alumnae (FISA), Gateway Health Plan, Best Health Care, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, The Make-A Wish Foundation of Western PA, United Way HelpLine, and Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services

Fifteen thousand copies were distributed free of charge through Children's Hospital, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Alliance for Infants and Toddlers, and other agencies.

In addition to the print version of the guide, the "yellow pages" of the guide (alphabetical listing of service providers) is posted and updated on the United Way Pittsburgh web site(www.unitedwaypittsburgh.org), under the keyword "The Family Resource Guide."

In 2006, several members of the Information Collaborative began meeting to discuss updating the guide and to invite new members to join the project. The Family Resource Guide Committee is the working title of the group.