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|Children, Youth and Families
Developing Predictive Risk Models to Support Child Maltreatment Hotline Screening Decisions
April 4, 2017
In August 2016, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) implemented the Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST), a predictive risk model designed to improve call screening decision-making in the county’s ...more
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|Behavioral Health & Disabilities
Joint Position Statement on Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Allegheny County
January 1, 2017
Allegheny County, like much of Western Pennsylvania, is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic and it is vitally important that County residents have access to the best and most ...more
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|Children, Youth and Families
An Evaluation of the Family Support Center Network
November 11, 2016
An evaluation of 25 Allegheny County Family Support Centers looked at the operation and impact of individual Centers as well as the network as a whole, in five specific areas: family ...more
Homicides in the City of Pittsburgh, 2010–Present
September 12, 2017
The dashboard below displays data about the number of homicides in the City of Pittsburgh as well as the neighborhoods where they occurred, time of incidents, weapons used, and victim and offender demographics. Use the interactive features to delve i...
Frequently-Asked Questions About the Allegheny Family Screening Tool
July 20, 2017
In August 2016, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) implemented the Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST), a predictive risk model designed to improve call screening decision-making in the county’s child welfare system. Click h...
Linking Data to Improve Human Services Delivery
July 12, 2017
How is the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) able to link data across programs and with providers, given privacy law restrictions? Erin Dalton, the Deputy Director for the Allegheny County DHS Office of Data Analysis, Research and E...
Allegheny County YOUth Count 2016
June 6, 2017
The Allegheny County YOUth Count survey was initiated in 2015 to gain a more accurate count of youth experiencing housing instability. Data gathered was meant to enhance yearly HUD-required Point-in-Time (PIT) homelessness counts to determine how bes...
2016 Allegheny County DHS Local Government Case Competition: Improving Systems to Help People with Barriers Gain and Sustain Employment
May 5, 2017
The tenth annual Local Government Case Competition engaged graduate students in thinking about creative solutions to employment challenges for vulnerable Allegheny County residents. They were asked to develop strategies to address one of three employ...
Developing Predictive Risk Models to Support Child Maltreatment Hotline Screening Decisions
April 17, 2017
In August 2016, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) implemented the Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST), a predictive risk model designed to improve call screening decision-making in the county’s child welfare system. The A...
Data Brief: Understanding the Foster Parent Training Experience
March 24, 2017
Eleven Allegheny County foster care provider agencies formed a training cooperative in order to improve the number and quality of training opportunities for foster parents. After increasing the number and variety of trainings, the cooperative request...
Conferencing and Teaming in Allegheny County: Participant Experience Update
February 21, 2017
Conferencing and Teaming is the Allegheny County Department of Human Services’ practice model designed to engage child welfare participants, and their natural supports, in a process of family strengthening through client-driven goal setting and ach...
Joint Position Statement on Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Allegheny County
January 6, 2017
Allegheny County, like much of Western Pennsylvania, is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic and it is vitally important that County residents have access to the best and most effective treatment to support their recovery from opioid use disor...