Pennsylvania has spent 16 years and $3.1 billion a year on a recidivism rate that hasn't moved. The only model proven to change it has never existed in Allegheny County. Until now.
Allegheny Services Foundation is a peer-run therapeutic community modeled after Delancey Street Foundation– 52 years of proof that the people most failed by the system are capable of extraordinary change, given the right environment.
We are not yet operating. We are building and we need partners, funders, and community leaders who understand what’s at stake.
MISSION
Allegheny Services Foundation (ASF) is a Pennsylvania 501(c)(3) nonprofit developing a long-term residential vocational therapeutic community that serves individuals with histories of addiction, incarceration, homelessness, and chronic instability through peer accountability, education, vocational training, and community reintegration.
HISTORY
Allegheny Services Foundation (ASF) was founded in 2024 and received IRS recognition as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on March 26, 2024.
ASF is not yet operating because Pennsylvania currently has no clear regulatory pathway for long-term peer-driven therapeutic communities that maintain model fidelity. ASF is currently building its Organizing Committee and engaging with regulatory agencies, policymakers, and community stakeholders to help carve out a responsible pathway for ASF and future therapeutic communities in Pennsylvania.
ALREADY CONVINCED? SO ARE WE.
Therapeutic communities work. Allegheny County doesn't have one. Help us change that.
NOT SURE YET? GOOD. READ THE PLAN FIRST.
Never heard of a therapeutic community? Our three-year plan explains the model, the evidence, and exactly what we intend to build– and what it will cost.
JUDGE, DA, OR COMMUNITY LEADER? LET'S TALK.
We're not asking for referrals. We're asking for a conversation about what's missing in Allegheny County and whether ASF can help fill it.
64.7%
PA recidivism rate. Unchanged for 16 years
<10%
Recidivism rate for Delancey Street graduates
$44K
Annual cost to incarcerate one person in PA
$90K
Saved per person who completes ASF vs. cycling back