The need for pediatric behavioral health services is growing at an unprecedented rate. Your support helps UPMC Children’s deliver timely, expert care to children, teens, and families — where and when they need it.
The photos on this webpage feature UPMC Children’s patients. To protect privacy, no behavioral health patients are depicted.
At UPMC Children’s, we use the term behavioral health because it reflects the full scope of care children need — addressing not only emotional and mental well-being, but also the behaviors that shape healthy development, such as coping skills, sleep, eating habits, and social connection. Philanthropy fuels this comprehensive approach, helping every child and family thrive.
Over the past few years, philanthropy has empowered UPMC Children’s to launch initiatives designed to expand access and enhance care for children and families, such as:
Embedded Behavioral Health Specialists providing diagnosis-specific support, as well as support for challenges like anger, anxiety, and depression.
The Whole Child Wellness Clinic, a first-of-its-kind clinic uniting primary care and child and adolescent psychiatry for children with complex needs.
Behavioral Health Walk-In Clinics offering children one-time, non-emergency interventions for mental health concerns, no appointments required.
Karen Depperman
Vice President
and Associate Chief Development Officer
[email protected]
(412) 692-3933
Nicole Kelly
Senior Director of Development
[email protected]
(412) 692-3924
