Reports
How Case Reviews Transformed Allegheny County’s Criminal Justice System
This report describes Allegheny County’s criminal justice case review process, including factors that have contributed to its success and proposed solutions to ongoing issues. Click here to view the full report.
Prevention Programs Across the Department of Human Services
DHS is committed to meeting the human services needs of county residents, particularly the county’s most vulnerable populations, through an extensive range of prevention, early intervention, crises management and after–care […]
Framework For Collaboration: Integrating School and Human Services Data In Pittsburgh
OCD | Developments by the University of Pittsburgh Click to read the full report.
Disparities in Achievement: Human Services Involvement of Children in Pittsburgh Public Schools
A data-sharing agreement between the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) now makes it possible to integrate and analyze student data from the […]
Improving Education and Well Being Outcomes: June 2011 Update
The first year of the agreement that allows the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and Department of Human Services (DHS) to integrate data saw steady progress in building a collaborative relationship […]
Transforming Lives Through Systems Integration: The “Improving Outcomes for Children and Families” Initiative
DHS’s Improving Outcomes for Child and Families initiative utilized a service integration focus to serve families with multiple needs. It was based on the belief that making systems work together […]
How Are the Children? Inspiring Hope. Renewing Vision. Influencing Action. Casey Family Programs 2010 Annual Report
Casey Family Programs Click to read the full report.
Framework for Collaboration: The Memorandum of Understanding between Allegheny County DHS and Pittsburgh Public Schools
Integrating Pittsburgh Public School (PPS) data with the Department of Human Services (DHS) Data Warehouse allows unprecedented collaboration between human services and school social workers. Our partnerships with local school […]
Challenge and Change 1997-2010: Transforming an administrative infrastructure to support program integration
This report details the transformational administrative and operational changes within DHS from its creation in 1997 through 2010. Click to read the full report.
Residential Enhancement Service Planning Opportunities for New Directions Program (RESPOND): A Program Evaluation
RESPOND is an intensive treatment program designed to serve youth whose multiple needs (intellectual disability and significant behavioral challenges) are not able to be met through DHS’s current array of […]
Starting Early Together – Assessing a System of Care Initiative
Starting Early Together, a program of Allegheny County’s System of Care Initiative, was designed to serve children under six with serious emotional disturbances, and their families, in four high-need Allegheny […]
An Analysis of Allegheny County Mental Health Court
This analysis uses summary violations and criminal convictions to compare recidivism rates of graduates of the Allegheny County Mental Health Court, which was established in 2001 to address the needs […]
The Allegheny HealthChoices Program 1999-2009: Improving Access and Quality of Services through Collaboration, Fiscal Management and Quality Oversight
Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc. Click to read the full report.
Quality Improvement Assessment
This report describes the more than 100 quality improvement activities and initiatives taking place throughout DHS, using the Council on Accreditation’s (COA) Performance and Quality Improvement standards to frame the […]