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Developing Predictive Risk Models to Support Child Maltreatment Hotline Screening Decisions
The Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST) is a predictive risk model designed to improve decision-making in Allegheny County’s child welfare system. The tool utilizes hundreds of data elements to predict the likelihood that a child referred for abuse or neglect will later experience a foster care placement. The AFST provides additional information – in conjunction
Allegheny County Data Warehouse
The Allegheny County Data Warehouse brings together and integrates client and service data from a wide variety of sources both internal and external to the County. It was created by consolidating publicly-funded human services data (e.g., behavioral health, child welfare, intellectual disability, homelessness and aging) and, over time, expanded to include data from other sources.
Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in Allegheny County: Report and Maps
Allegheny County is experiencing opioid-related overdose rates higher than in the state and in the U.S. In 2016, 93 percent of overdose deaths in the County were opioid-related and 2016 represented the third consecutive year in which the number of fatal overdoses was higher than in any prior year. An increase in the presence of
Program Involvement of Individuals Booked in Allegheny County Jail: Interactive Dashboard
September 17, 2019
This interactive dashboard shows what share of the Allegheny County jail population was involved in human services, received publicly funded physical/behavioral health services or public benefits, or had some involvement with the justice system (juve...
Allegheny County Suicides, 2002–Present: Interactive Dashboard
September 16, 2019
The dashboard below displays information about County suicide trends since 2002. Click here to view a related data brief. Select the Demographics tab for more information about the individuals who died by suicide and the Maps tab to see the Allegh...
Survey of Families Using Homelessness Case Management Program Finds Satisfaction — and Preference for Texting as a Survey Method
August 8, 2019
The Homeless Services and Supports Coordination (HSSC) program, implemented by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services in 2013, provides comprehensive service coordination for families who use emergency homeless shelters. Upon entering an e...
Allegheny County Suicides, 2008–2017: Data Brief
June 11, 2019
Suicide rates have been rising in nearly every state in the U.S. in recent years, and in Pennsylvania and Allegheny County, suicide rates are higher than the nation’s. This data brief explores Allegheny County suicide trends since 2008 as well as d...
Developing Predictive Risk Models to Support Child Maltreatment Hotline Screening Decisions
May 1, 2019
The Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST) is a predictive risk model designed to improve decision-making in Allegheny County’s child welfare system. The tool utilizes hundreds of data elements to predict the likelihood that a child referred for ab...
Progress Towards Building an Affirming and Supportive Child Welfare System: Findings from an Institutional Analysis
April 30, 2019
In July 2013, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) and the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) launched a partnership to better support child welfare-involved youth achieve healthy sexual and identity development. This ins...
Locations of Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities in Allegheny County: Interactive Dashboard
April 25, 2019
The interactive dashboard below displays information about the locations of licensed substance use and mental health treatment and support facilities located in Allegheny County. Users can search by type of provider (substance use, mental health, bup...
Arrest Trends in the City of Pittsburgh
April 2, 2019
Analysis of arrests over time provides valuable insights about a city and its changing crime trends and law enforcement policies. This series of three reports uses data from the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and the Allegheny County Data Wareho...
Naloxone Distribution in the Allegheny County Jail to Prevent Overdose: Data Brief
February 28, 2019
In 2016, the Allegheny County Jail began offering naloxone, a life-saving medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, to people exiting the jail. Since then, the jail has distributed over a thousand naloxone kits. This data brief describes the ...