Programs
Lutheran Service Society manages programs that enhance the quality of life and promote the dignity and independence of children, families, adults, and seniors. Click the title from the list below for more information on a specific program.
- Adoption and Permanency Services: Lutheran Service Society provides in-depth, compassionate, and professional services to couples or individuals seeking to adopt foreign-born children, older children, children with special needs, and infants.
- Affordable Housing: The affordable housing program at Lutheran Service Society offers safe, affordable, maintenance-free, independent living apartments for low-income elderly or disabled persons in buildings owned and/or managed by Lutheran Service Society in western Pennsylvania.
- Care Management for Older Adults: In conjunction with Allegheny County/DHS Area Agency on Aging, Lutheran Service Society coordinates appropriate community-based services to support the senior consumer's highest level of independence.
- Meals On Wheels: Throughout western Pennsylvania and in parts of Ohio and West Virginia, Lutheran Service Society volunteers prepare and deliver meals, providing a face-to-face visit as well as proper nutrition to those who cannot cook or shop for themselves.
- Older Adult Protective Services: Lutheran Service Society investigates allegations of physical and emotional abuse and exploitation that threaten the health, safety, and welfare of senior citizens living in Allegheny County, Pa.
- Senior Centers: Senior centers managed by Lutheran Service Society offer preventive health programs and educational and recreational activities, along with nutritious lunches to help seniors stay active and healthy.
- Senior Employment: Seniors in Butler County wishing to enter or re-enter the workforce gain assistance through this program of on-the-job training.
- SeniorNet: Through this program, Lutheran Service Society provides education and access to computer technologies and the Internet to area residents ages 50 and over.
- SilverSneakers: Experienced instructors bring wellness, exercise, and prevention programs to hundreds of seniors at selected Lutheran Service Society senior centers in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, and Westmoreland Counties.
- Springboard Kitchens: Springboard Kitchens is a mission-based business that provides food service based job training for people with serious barriers to employment (such as those transitioning out of homelessness) and offers congregate meal service, along with prepared and catered foods to agencies, institutions, and the retail public.
- St. Afterschool: St. Afterschool is an after school program for children in Kindergarten and grades 1 through 6 that seeks to improve the physical, social, and emotional health of at-risk children by providing homework assistance and tutoring, nutritional family-style meals, and educational and creative activities.
- The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP): Throughout its distribution network in Beaver County, Pa., Lutheran Service Society supplies surplus USDA government commodities including meat, fruit, vegetables, pasta, cereals, and other products to people.
