Care, connection, and resources across Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
Forward Wellness Community Resource Hub
Therapy can be an important part of care, but it is rarely the whole picture.
Sometimes support looks like finding affordable healthcare, connecting with other parents, getting help preparing for a job interview, finding a place where your child can belong, accessing gender-affirming resources, or simply knowing where to turn when you need something different.
At Forward Wellness, we believe care and connection are vital. Our wellbeing is shaped not only by what happens within us, but also by our relationships, communities, identities, resources, and the conditions of our everyday lives.
This growing directory brings together community partners and organizations offering different kinds of support across Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania, and beyond.
Whether you are looking for reproductive healthcare, family support, LGBTQIA2S+ resources, affordable mental healthcare, practical assistance, or somewhere to connect and learn, we hope you find something here that helps.
You do not need to be a Forward Wellness client to explore these resources.
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Programs, eligibility, fees, locations, and availability can change. Contact each organization directly to learn more about their current services and whether they might be a fit for you.
Reproductive, Pregnancy & Family Support
Adagio Health
Pittsburgh & Western Pennsylvania
Adagio Health provides affordable reproductive and preventive healthcare throughout Western Pennsylvania. Services include gynecological care, pregnancy testing, birth control, STI testing and treatment, breast and cervical cancer screening, and mammograms. Some screening services are available at low or no cost for people who qualify.
Lullaby Project Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Lullaby Project Pittsburgh uses collaborative songwriting to support parents and families navigating birth trauma, difficult reproductive experiences, pregnancy or infant loss, and the transition into parenthood.
Participants work with trauma-informed musicians to create a personal song reflecting their story, relationship, hopes, grief, or connection with their child. No musical background is needed, and the programme includes specific opportunities for families experiencing birth trauma and bereavement.
The Midwife Center
Pittsburgh
The Midwife Center provides reproductive and family healthcare, including prenatal care, birth centre services, postpartum support, primary gynecological care, lactation support, behavioural health services, and resource counselling.
Its model centres personalised, evidence-based care throughout pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and other reproductive health experiences.
Alliance for Black NICU Families
Serving Black NICU families
Alliance for Black NICU Families works to improve the experiences and outcomes of Black families navigating neonatal intensive care. Its work focuses on racial and health equity within NICU systems while building support, advocacy, and connection for families whose babies require intensive care.
Lgbtqia2s+ Community & Practical Support
TransYOUniting
Pittsburgh & Southwestern Pennsylvania
TransYOUniting is a Black trans-led organization supporting transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people across Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania.
Its community-based resources include mutual aid, housing support, food, transportation assistance, workforce development, mentorship, healthcare navigation, and the QMNTY Center, a community space offering gatherings, activities, resources, and opportunities to connect.
Camp Dreamcatcher
Pennsylvania
Camp Dreamcatcher provides free therapeutic, educational, recreational, and community programmes for children and young people whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS.
Alongside its summer camp, the organization offers programmes throughout the year including teen and young adult retreats, mentoring, family advocacy and support, education, and opportunities for young people to build relationships with others who may understand parts of their experience.
Mental Health & Support For Young People
The Institute for Relational Change
Pittsburgh
The Institute for Relational Change provides individual, couples, and family therapy with an emphasis on making relational mental healthcare more financially accessible.
Clinicians work with concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship difficulties, parenting and co-parenting, and experiences shaped by gender, sexuality, race, culture, religion, and socioeconomic circumstances. Reduced-fee and sliding-scale options may be available depending on the clinician.
UPMC Western Behavioral Health: Child & Adolescent Programs
Pittsburgh & Western Pennsylvania
UPMC Western Behavioral Health provides a range of mental and behavioural health services for children, teenagers, and their families.
Depending on a young person’s needs, services can include outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient programmes, partial hospitalization, family-based care, school-based services, and specialised programmes addressing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, autism, and more acute mental health needs.
If a child or young person is experiencing an immediate mental health crisis, contact the appropriate emergency or crisis service rather than relying on this directory.
Work, Learning & Everyday ResourcesSupport
Dress for Success Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh & surrounding counties
Dress for Success Pittsburgh supports women entering or returning to the workforce with professional clothing and employment-related resources.
Its programmes include help finding interview and workplace clothing, career support, and resources designed to help people build confidence and stability as they search for work or begin a new job.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Locations across Pittsburgh
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers much more than books. Its branches provide free or low-cost opportunities for learning, community connection, internet and computer access, children's and teen programmes, job-search assistance, events, workshops, and other resources for people throughout the Pittsburgh area.
Library programmes vary by location, so explore the current calendar or your nearest branch to see what is available.
Care can take many forms
Sometimes what helps is therapy.
Sometimes it is healthcare, a support programme, a community space, a creative outlet, practical assistance, or meeting somebody who understands an experience you have been carrying largely on your own.
We share these resources because mental health does not exist separately from the rest of our lives. Access to healthcare, meaningful relationships, housing, family support, employment, identity, community, and opportunities to participate all shape how we are able to move through the world.
We hope this hub makes at least one of those connections a little easier.
Help us grow this community
Do you offer a programme, service, resource, or community space that could support people and families across Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania?
We’d love to hear from healthcare providers, community organizations, advocates, educators, artists, mutual aid groups, and others working to make support more accessible.
Tell us a little about what you offer, who you serve, and how people can get involved.