Today & Tomorrow

Womansplace is a full service agency that provides a complete continuum of care for women and their children whose lives have been shattered by domestic violence. We provide a high quality services such as shelter, options counseling, employment training, transitional housing, children's advocacy and legal advocacy.

At Womansplace, we recognize that the needs of those we serve are many and varied. In an effort to expand our service provision we have looked to partnering with other community agencies to provide drug and alcohol counseling through the McKeesport Healthier Communities PartnerSHIP, Auberle and Mon Yough Community Services.

We have created employment opportunities for our clients by joining with Bethlehem Haven's Project Employ and greater access to the courts with the support of Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala and our Emergency Protection From Abuse electronic court order system in UPMC McKeesport, UPMC Braddock and Jefferson Regional Medical Center.

Womansplace recognizes the need to not only support those who have found themselves victims of domestic violence, but to dedicate genuine efforts to stop domestic violence in our communities. To that end, we are proud to have developed a new partnership with the Consortium for Public Education and bring Expect Respect, a teen dating violence program to six of our local school districts. Expect Respect brings awareness, prevention education and counseling to our students. If we are serious about ending domestic violence; what better place to start?

Womansplace Board of Directors

Mrs. Katherine M. Rost, Board President
Mrs. Patricia L. McGrail, Esq., Vice President
Mrs. Judy Murtha, Treasurer
Mr. Ted Kantner, Secretary
Mrs. Barbara Bradley
Asst. Chief Maurita Bryant
Mrs. Doris Gaudy, RN MS CNAA BC
Mrs. Christine Hammond
Mrs. Alice Jones
Dr. Rani Kumar, MD
Mr. Gerald LaFrankie
Mrs. Michele Matuch
Chief Robert McNeilly
Ms. Beth Scagline Mills, Esq. MDJ
Mr. Eugene Riazzi, MDJ

Womansplace Board of Trustees

Mayor James Brewster
City of McKeesport

Cmdr. Maurita Bryant
City of Pittsburgh Police

Senator Jay Costa
PA State Senator

The Honorable Judge Kim Eaton
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court

Kelly Frey
WTAE News

Marc Gergely
PA State Respresentative

Senator Sean Logan
PA State Senator

Patricia K. Mansfield
Retired Publisher, McKeesport Daily News

Michele Baich Matuch
Executive Director, McKeesport Hospital Foundation

Paul Zuro
Retired, General Motors