Many national and international government and non-profit organizations have greatly benefited as a result of their access to the Heinz School's extraordinary faculty, policy research centers and students. The school also is committed to using its resources to benefit its home community of Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. This commitment is reflected in the school's long tradition of outreach activities, including many recent initiatives ranging from a Welfare to Work workshop to a relationship with Pittsburgh's Riverlife Taskforce . The QUAD program is a formal student outreach effort. Students in the past have distributed food at the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank and helped renovate homes with Hosana Industries.
Program is a unique initiative that links low-income youth, businesses, and public schools.
InfoLink is an intense, summer-long technology training program for underpriviledged, urban high schoolers. The Heinz School developed the curriculum, provides instruction, and has hosted the program since 1995.