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A smiling woman in a blue patterned dress sitting on a wooden bench outdoors with two Labrador Retrievers, one yellow and one light brown.
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Laura Eitland Receives 2025 Spirit of Volunteerism Award

Congratulations to Laura Eitland, the 2025 recipient of the Nancy and Robert Fierer Spirit of Volunteerism Award! Given annually, this award recognizes volunteers who serve as champions for SSD and its mission.
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A group of people smiling in front of a presentation at the 2025 Excellence in Life Sharing Awards
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Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2025 Excellence in Life Sharing Awards!

Congratulations to Diane and Scott Clark and Linda Futterer on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Life Sharing Awards during the 2025 PA Life Sharing Conference! These Life Sharing Providers are committed to person-driven support, welcoming people into their families and homes.
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Keystone Human Services Founder, Dennis Felty, has shaped the movement toward deinstitutionalization and community-based services in Pennsylvania and beyond. 
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Dennis Felty Celebrated as Founder of Keystone Human Services

We recently celebrated our founder, Dennis Felty, for his incredible impact in not only founding Keystone Human Services but also advocating for disability rights.
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Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are at the heart of Keystone Human Services’ mission. They provide support for people to live more independently every day.
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KHS Celebrates the Work of Direct Support Professionals

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are at the heart of Keystone Human Services’ mission. Every day, they partner with people accepting our services, providing support for people to live more independently in their daily lives.
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Susquehanna Service Dogs Celebrates 48 Graduating Dogs. This program breeds, raises, and trains assistance dogs to support people with disability.
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Susquehanna Service Dogs Celebrates 48 Graduating Dogs

(Harrisburg, PA, August 2, 2025)—Forty-eight dogs and their handlers walked the stage in Susquehanna Service Dogs’ 2025 Graduation Ceremony, held on August 2, 2025 at Dauphin County Technical School in Harrisburg, PA.
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The 2025 June Summit: Highlighting Partnerships that Foster Inclusion

The fifth edition of the June Summit held in Harrisburg on June 17, 2025 brought together experiences from Keystone Human Services (KHS), a presentation from Finland, and a powerful keynote address from Sue Swenson, President of Inclusion International. Over the years, this Summit has become a platform to highlight new thinking and global practices around...
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Dr. Ludmila Malcoci, of Keystone Human Services International and Keystone Moldova, has been appointed to the Board for the EASPD
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Dr. Ludmila Malcoci Appointed to the EASPD Board

Keystone Human Services is pleased to share that Dr. Ludmila Malcoci, Regional Director of Central and Eastern Europe for Keystone Human Services International and Executive Director of Keystone Moldova, has been appointed to the Board for the European Association of Service Providers for Persons of Disabilities (EASPD).
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Geneveive Fitzgibbon, VPof Global Programs and Advocacy, has been awarded the 2025 Humanitarian Award from the AAIDD on behalf of Keystone Human Services.
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Genevieve Fitzgibbon Receives 2025 AAIDD Humanitarian Award

Keystone Human Services is pleased to announce that Geneveive Fitzgibbon, Vice President of Global Programs and Advocacy, has been awarded the 2025 Humanitarian Award from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) on behalf of KHS for work promoting human welfare and social reform. Geneveive has spent her career working to promote full...
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KHSI organized “Closing the Revolving Doors: A Lifespan Approach to Deinstitutionalization” with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova.
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Closing the Revolving Doors: A Lifespan Approach to Deinstitutionalization

On June 9, Keystone Human Services International organized the side event “Closing the Revolving Doors: A Lifespan Approach to Deinstitutionalization” alongside the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova in New York at the 18th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Keystone Human Services and Mainstay Life Services Plan to Affiliate

(Harrisburg, PA) June 24, 2025 – Keystone Human Services, a multi-national human services organization headquartered in Harrisburg, and Western PA-based Mainstay Life Services, have announced their intention to explore affiliation. The two mission-driven nonprofit organizations provide essential services and support for people living with intellectual disabilities and autism.
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