Alleghany County, Pa., has received a $200,000 grant from the Highmark Foundation to support a program seeking to improve post-partum depression treatment for low-income pregnant women or mothers in the county.
The grant to the county’s Department of Human Services is among $700,700 in second-quarter grants to 5 nonprofit health organizations throughout Pennsylvania recently approved by the foundation’s board as part of its continuing effort to improve community health.
The Highmark Foundation, Pittsburgh, is a unit of Highmark Blue Shield, which serves the 21 counties of central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley. Highmark Blue Shield also provides services with Blue Cross Plans in northeastern and southeastern Pennsylvania.