NADINE ROAD
IN PENN HILLS
REOPENS
TO TRAFFIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
RECEIVES $200,000
GRANT FROM THE
HEINZ ENDOWMENTS
TO SUPPORT
MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH PROGRAM
The Allegheny County Health
Department (ACHD) has received
a $200,000 grant from The Heinz
Endowments that will assist the
department’s Maternal and Child Health
(MCH) program in addressing infant and
maternal mortality.
“There are stark differences in health
among population groups in Allegheny
County, and understanding the reasons
for these differences and how to mitigate
them is essential to improving public
health,” said Maternal and Child Health
Program Manager Dannai Wilson. “We
must continue to work to reduce barriers
so that residents have full access to
services that improve their health and
well-being.”
The grant period begins in January of
2020 and ends June of 2021. Funding
will be used to increase awareness of
and reduce barriers to MCH services
and will provide the MCH program
with new electronic case management
system software. The digital upgrade
will help improve communication
between the MCH program and families
that are served and will provide better
functionality to help identify trends
within the client population.
In addition, funding will be used to
evaluate current MCH policies and
to develop a new policy or resolution
that will focus on eliminating those
factors that drive racial disparities in
birth outcomes.
The Allegheny County
Department of Public Works
announced that Nadine Road
between Allegheny River Boulevard
and Lincoln Road in Penn Hills has
reopened to traffic.
The closure began on July 12,
2019 following storms that caused
a retaining wall to fall over and a portion of the road to collapse. Between August 20 and
today, crews removed the damaged wall, excavated, constructed a new retaining wall,
relocated utilities, and made roadway and drainage repairs.
The work was done by Northeast Paving, a division of Eurovia Atlantic Coast, LLC, of
Pittsburgh, as part of the $10.7 million 2019 Capital Roads Reconstruction contract. n
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