Author: Jeff Milliner

Blog / Author: Jeff Milliner

Family House would like to inform all guests, staff, volunteers, and the public of increased activity in the city of Pittsburgh during the upcoming NFL Draft taking place from Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25. This nationally attended event is expected to bring between 500,000 and 700,000 additional visitors

When Lesha Chapman first learned she would need to travel from Huntington, West Virginia to Pittsburgh for a liver transplant evaluation at UPMC Montefiore, her thoughts immediately turned to the unknown. Navigating the logistics of a five-hour trip, time away from home, and the weight of a serious medical diagnosis

Beginning May 1, 2026, Family House will be making adjustments to its Uber transportation services as part of ongoing efforts to best allocate resources and continue serving the greatest number of guests in need. Under this updated structure, roundtrip Uber transportation arranged by Family House will be available ONLY for

When Carla Sueta and her husband, Christer Andersson, arrived in Pittsburgh all the way from Asheville, North Carolina in September of 2025, they were stepping into the unknown. Neither had ever been to the city before, and the reason for their visit made the unfamiliar surroundings even more daunting. Christer

Brian went from rarely seeing a hospital to facing advanced liver disease. When Brian traveled to Pittsburgh for a life-saving liver transplant, Family House became a source of comfort, connection, and calm during one of the most critical moments of his life. As Brian and his daughter April prepared for

For more than a decade starting in 2015, Ivan and Kayla Hall’s lives have been shaped by a long, often difficult medical journey. Their journey brought them to Pittsburgh, and to Family House, where they found not only comfort and care, but a true community. Kayla was first diagnosed with