Jewish Healthcare Foundation

23/10/2026

11 cohorts. 230 behavioral health professionals.
$7M+ in student loan repayment support.

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato joined partners to welcome the final BH Fellows cohort and celebrate the program’s impact on strengthening the region’s behavioral health workforce and expanding access to care.

Office of the Allegheny County Executive | Allegheny County Department of Human Services | Community Care Behavioral Health Organization | PCHE - Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation advances healthcare innovation, advocacy, collaboration, and education to improve population health.

08/10/2026

As measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, how can long-term care providers protect residents and staff?

Nearly 350 participants joined a special Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Learning Network webinar hosted by JHF, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Office of Long-Term Living and Managed Care Organizations, to hear from state immunization experts, clear up misconceptions, and learn practical strategies for prevention.

As measles cases rise in Pennsylvania, JHF convened public health experts to share vaccination strategies and guidance for protecting long-term care communities.

06/10/2026

This recent Lewistown Sentinel story highlights how Penn State College of Medicine's Living with Dementia workshops and Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania's Dementia Friends information sessions are helping caregivers better understand what may lie ahead—and giving them information and tools to navigate the changes that can come with a loved one’s dementia diagnosis.

BELLEVILLE — A dementia diagnosis may come with a medical explanation and perhaps a prescription. What often doesn’t come with it is an instruction manual for Tuesday afternoon. Families may suddenly become responsible for meals, medications, transportation, finances, and bathroom needs. Later m...

05/10/2026

“Choice is only as capacious as your access to resources.”

For nearly two decades, JHF Board member Sonya Borrero, MD, MS, has worked to reshape reproductive health around the realities of people’s lives—challenging assumptions, listening to communities, and turning research into action.

University of Pittsburgh Pitt School of Medicine

Dr. Sonya Borrero works to expand reproductive autonomy by ensuring people have the resources, information, and support to make their own choices.

02/10/2026

Planning for uncertainty starts with coming together.

JHF recently brought community providers and nonprofit leaders together for a hands-on scenario planning workshop focused on navigating risk, protecting vital services, and sustaining progress toward ending the HIV epidemic.

AIDS Free Pittsburgh

At a time of significant uncertainty for nonprofit and community-based organizations, JHF brought local leaders together on September 28 for a hands-on workshop focused on preparing for risk, navigating change, and protecting their organizations’ ability to serve their communities.

30/09/2026

Small changes can make a big difference for people living with dementia and their families. 💜 See how communities across Pennsylvania are making dining out more welcoming, comfortable, and dementia friendly.

Pennsylvania Department of Aging | A Little Pizza Heaven | Pasquale's Pizzeria and Family Restaurant |Taylor DELI Cafe | The Inn at Turkey Hill | United Way of Lackawanna, Wayne & Pike | Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation advances healthcare innovation, advocacy, collaboration, and education to improve population health.

28/09/2026

📣 Leadership opportunity in Pennsylvania health philanthropy and policy

The Pennsylvania Health Funders Collaborative (PHFC) is seeking a Director to lead its statewide network of health foundations working at the intersection of philanthropy, health policy, and community impact.

This part-time consulting role is an opportunity for an experienced leader in health care, health policy, government relations, nonprofit management, or philanthropy to help guide PHFC’s strategic direction and collective policy work.

The position is expected to require approximately 5–10 hours per week.

Applications are due by October 12.

Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q04yttTH0

Please share with colleagues and connections who may be a strong fit for this statewide leadership opportunity.

22/09/2026

“Everyone has played a huge and committed role in it.”

The story of how Allegheny County has reached the lowest number of new HIV cases in reported history.

When Marc Wagner was 21, he sat across from a researcher with the Pitt Men's Study who informed him his blood showed antibodies fighting human immunodeficiency...

18/09/2026

Yesterday, World Patient Safety Day offered an important opportunity to recognize the people and organizations working to make healthcare safer across the United States.

We're grateful to Patients For Patient Safety US for hosting their World Patient Safety Day webinar and to see Karen Wolk Feinstein, Michael Rosen, and Robert El-Kareh share the work of the Coalition for Advancing Safer Healthcare (CASH) and its new "Safe by Design" recommendations for building health systems around the prevention of harm.

Watch the CASH presentation: https://hubs.li/Q04xVgqw0

17/09/2026

Every teen deserves a safe place to turn.

Teen Safe Spaces are trusted, accessible places where young people can find connection and mental health support—before they reach a crisis.

Our new fact sheets show how schools, policymakers, and parents and caregivers can help make that possible.

Teen Safe Spaces: Fact Sheets available now: https://tinyurl.com/4ck645r9

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