About Us
Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc. (PCSI) is the mandated Community Action Agency for the City of Pittsburgh and joins 42 other agencies throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the fight to eliminate poverty.

The mission and the vision of PCSI embrace the 40 year history of the war on poverty and the commitment of this agency melds with the delivery of services enabled by the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) and the Community Development Block (CDBG) grant funds.

The agency has embarked on a venture to strengthen our direct service program components and to add new components which provide appropriate outreach to the citizens of Pittsburgh. CSBG funds which are directed from the Federal Office of Community Services through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Office of Community Services support the intra-linkages of the programs of PCSI. CDBG funds which emanate from the Pittsburgh City Council and the mayor's office are channeled through PCSI to neighborhood nonprofit entities for the purpose of reducing the negative impacts of hunger and increasing the positive effects of improved safety support to an at-risk population base.

PCSI is proud to offer direct program services and activities through the Community Action Center, Project Life Line, the newly created Community Action Learning Center, the Neighborhood Safety Program, and the Supported Engagement Program, as well as, through our Hunger Trust conduits. We are continuing our strong liaison with our partners: the Hill House Association, the Brashear Association, Community Human Services, Corp., and the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh, and with selected subcontractors who advance our mission on a large and measurable scale. Together we are "Surrounding the City with Committed Services".

Board Members:
James R. Cimino, Jr.  -  President
Scott Hudson  -  Vice President
Arnette F. McCoy  -  Secretary
Karl Lewis, Ph.D.  -  Treasurer
Davie S. Huddleston  -  Assistant Treasurer

Michael Flournoy
Carolyn E. Hill
Gwendolyn J. Elliott
Samuel Podolsky
James E. Brown
Jason Tigano
Mary McCool
Vernon Saunders
Lloyd Wright
William Simmons, Esq.
Michael Wagner
Saeed Hudson

Staff Members:
Cecelia A. Jenkins  -  Executive Director
John M. Dolansky  -  Finance Director
Tonika Lincoln  -  Accounting Clerk
I. Vell Trueheart  -  Program Director
Ruth Parson, Ph.D.  -  Community Action Center Director
Pamela J. Wilbon  -  Associate Director of Programs/Operations
                                     Project Life Line Coordinator
Leeretta Payne  -  Associate Director of Technology/Operations
Mary Ann Howard  -  Director of Employment and Development
John Knight  -  Employment Specialist
R. Dianne Thomas  -  Program Assistant
Donald McEachern  -  Neighborhood Safety Program Coordinator
Gregory Tot  -  Security Specialist
Ethel Wall  -  Security Specialist
Barbara Douglass  -  Associate Director of Education/Special Projects
Mary Sirmons  -  Secretary