To ImOkay (another reviewer of PSAN), Thank you for validating my credibility by agreeing with me that you experienced employees at PSAN being arrested too. That is one purpose of this website, to inform donors and members of the public about organizations that are problematic and poor stewards of funds.Our support of one another in this regard helps shape public opinion. I love my profession and have raised millions of dollars for nonprofits through private and public contributions over my 25+ year career in development and public relations. PSAN is a 100% government funded organization using taxpayers' funds to operate. At PSAN, I learned their mission is to help people with mental illnesses and to employ them as well. I also learned what mental health recovery is through others affected with those issues, and I know nothing about personal recovery as I was a Director at PSAN that did not have a mental illness or addiction or disorder of any type, yet alone a dual diagnosis. I never had those issues, did not want any of those issues, and continue to pray that i never develop those issues and thus far, have had my prayers answered favorably. However, I did have a family member that was affected by those issues that is now deceased and I was committed to helping others affected by those issues. I recently learned that the last executive director hired at PSAN in 2005 just retired January 12, 2012, shortly after receiving the Allegheny County Auditor's report demanding that PSAN reimburse the County app. $371,844 for funds mismanaged under her supervision, or lack of. Among many things, it was disclosed in that audit, that she was taking overpayments of salary and bonuses that were not allowed by the County. Maybe the agency realized some positive change since her departure. You write you no longer work at PSAN. I left PSAN in 2006, and it was several years until I reported PSAN's managerial problems to the District Attorney in March 2011 hoping PSAN would correct their behaviors without government intervention. My opinions of PSAN will never change due to my work experience there, but I am glad it sounds like you found the help you needed while working there. I did not need PSAN's help; I am a professional that gave PSAN my help and it was my professional and personal obligation to report them. I have copies of my excellent evaluations while working there. ImOkay, I hope your mental health recovey lasts a lifetime. Again, I thank you for your honesty related to the arrests of employees at PSAN that you evidently have knowledge of too.
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Human Services
Mission: Psan's mission is to build a community, free of stigma, where individuals with mental illness work together toward recovery of mind, body, and spirit.
Programs: Warm line: provides a non-emergency telephoneassistance line for adult consumers of behavioral health services.
peer support: goal is to establish multiple peer-run drop-in center within allegheny county to provide an array of opportunities to individuals with mental health disorders.
peer specialists: responsible for providing comsumers with assistance in assessing problems of any nature that may arise in any area of a consumer's life, formulating solutions, and putting action plans in place to solve these problems.
advocacy program: provides cosumers throughout allegheny county withopportunities to receive services necessary for recovery through aunique means of service delivery from a trained team of peerspecialists. Outreach and education: responsible for community and public relations,internal and extenal education, and communication for peer support andadvocacy network. Coalition for recovery/peer support warmline service: providessupportive listening, problem solving, resource sharing, and peersupport for individuals in allegheny county.