Reports

New information added. Since 2017, DHS has used data driven models to support prioritization of housing resources. Read more about their development and deployment in the homelessness and behavioral health systems.

This updated 2024 Needs Assessment explores the needs of people living in poverty, barriers to living-wage employment, and challenges to achieving stability and economic security.

Read and explore the county’s report and dashboard on intimate partner homicides.
These provide information on demographics and human services involvement among victims and perpetrators of these homicides (IPH). The report covers January 2017 through September 2022. The dashboard includes more recent information and is updated annually.

The Intimate Partner Violence Reform Initiative was created in May 2022 to coordinate policy and system-level work across agencies in Allegheny County to improve a complex and fragmented system for […]

Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS), along with Community Care Behavioral Health (CCBH), are pursuing a series of investments and initiatives aimed at addressing access to mental health services.

This report presents a mixed-methods approach to evaluating the impact of DHS cash assistance program, including longitudinal surveying, a quasi-experimental analysis of administrative data, and semi-structured interviews with cash recipients.

This report covers child fatalities and near fatalities in Allegheny County with a focus on drug ingestions, an increasing cause of these here and nationwide. The report discusses some of the county’s strategies to address this issue.

New information added. This post includes information on current Allegheny County Opioid Settlement Projects.

Read about how Allegheny County responded to an 82% increase in reports of need to Older Adult Protective Services. Click here to read more information about older adult protective services […]

This report reviews the research evidence on algorithms in child welfare, specifically focusing on the causal impacts of the AFST and comparable predictive risk models (PRMs).

Updated with 2022 data. The Allegheny County Need Index was developed to identify areas of the County that have greater relative need. This report and related materials explore census tracts in need and recent trends.

Recently, DHS announced it was eliminating some Education Specialists Position. Read a summary of that decision and click here to find some resources if you need assistance.

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) partnered with Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) to launch a new transportation assistance program in November 2022 called the Discounted Fares Pilot. This […]

Each year, Allegheny County participates in a national census of the number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night. The Point-in-Time count enumerates people experiencing homelessness in the County who are sheltered, unsheltered or participating in a short-term, supportive housing program.

DHS can reach our goals more quickly if we devote time and attention to several big, bold initiatives that will make our systems and our organization work better for everyone we serve. This document outlines our key initiatives in 2024—which are in addition to our core work of running effective systems of care for people.