Milestone is a private, nonprofit community mental health and mental retardation agency serving the needs of residents in western Pennsylvania. Our agency offers confidential counseling, rehabilitation and training, information and referral services, consultation, education and prevention services, developmental activities programs, and much more.
We strongly believe in our core mission to promote wellness and develop human potential by delivering a full range of programs and services that support people with disabilities to live and work in their communities.
Did you or a family member work at Heppenstall? Do you want to be part of a community art project honoring Lawrenceville Steelworkers? Everyone an Artist Gallery is building a giant Man of Steel with photographs of real people who worked at Heppy’s. It will be shown in Market Square in June as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
The President's proposed budget for 2009 abandons millions of children, families and adults with mental health needs. Raise your voice with others and call on Congress to reject the Administration's budget. Children and adults with mental health concerns are one of the nation's most urgent priorities.
The Mental Health/Mental Retardation Coalition of Pennsylvania expresses deep concern over Governor Rendell's Budget Recommendations to offset increased costs for community-based behavioral health, autism and mental retardation services. Click for the press release.
Free 12 Week Family Education Program: Sponsored by NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania and NAMI Pennsylvania, this free 12-week course is for families of adults with severe mental illnesses. Click for more details.
Among older adults, depression is significantly associated with lower vitamin D levels and elevated levels of parathyroid hormone, according to an article published in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
