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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
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
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
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 ...
Allegheny County Point-in-Time Homelessness Data, 2018
February 27, 2019
Each year, Allegheny County participates in a national effort required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to count the number of people who were homeless on a single night in January. Although not required by HUD, Allegheny...
Ride-Hailing for Medical Transportation Clients Improves Experience and Efficiency
February 5, 2019
Allegheny County Medicaid recipients are entitled to free transportation assistance to their non-emergency medical appointments. Traditionally, this transportation has been provided by paratransit vehicles for those not able to utilize public transpo...
Do Family Support Centers Reduce Maltreatment Investigations? Evidence from Allegheny County
January 28, 2019
The Center for State Child Welfare Data analyzed Allegheny County data to explore whether the presence of a Family Support Center in a neighborhood is associated with lower child welfare maltreatment investigation rates. The analysis found that areas...
2018 Case Competition for Graduate Students: Emerging Technologies to Address Human Service Problems
January 24, 2019
Each year, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) hosts a competition for local graduate students that challenges interdisciplinary teams to solve a problem in local government. This year’s topic, “Emerging Technologies to Addres...