The Office of Administrative and Information Management Services (AIMS) will soon be launching a new application that will change the way DHS staff members submit requests and ask for help.

A naturalization ceremony held at the Human Services Building (HSB) on September 22 celebrated a new start for 19 people as they became U.S. citizens. 

On September 10, the Department of Human Services (DHS) was one of the many partner organizations that participated in the first Pittsburgh Recovery Walk. 

“Hidden treasures” was a recurring theme during a Wilkinsburg community experience held on September 16.

“What do you want to do for a living?” can be a daunting question for college freshmen; however, the Department of Human Services recently participated in a program designed to help students make better-informed career decisions. 

In August 2016 the Allegheny Family Screening Tool (AFST), a predictive risk modeling tool, was implemented in Allegheny County by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to improve child welfare call screening decisions.

KEYS Service Corps welcomed 42 new members during a swearing in ceremony led by DHS director Marc Cherna. The members – who originate mostly from Pennsylvania, but also come from Ohio, Missouri, and Georgia – will serve at-risk youth in sites around Allegheny County. Their service term will end in June 2017.

Tracy Rohrdanz, KIDS manager for the Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF), was nominated and selected as a member of the American Public Human Services Association’s (APHSA) inaugural Emerging Leaders Program.

Jim Turner, mental health housing specialist in the Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), recently received a Roadrunner Honoree Award during the third annual Passion Meets the Road awards gala.