October 2019
In this edition:

  • County departments gather to advance racial equity
  • Care packages enhance college experience for transition age youth
  • Staff attend training to become certified child passenger safety technicians
  • Five questions with Jace Ransom
  • HSB lobby sign
  • DHS News: A look back

News articles are uploaded to the DHS website as soon as they become available. For the most up-to-date news, visit  DHS News online . 
County departments gather to advance racial equity

On October 9, more than 70 representatives from DHS, the Allegheny County Health Department and the Courts attended a training designed to help create interactive and engaging conversations about racial equity .
Care packages enhance college experience for transition age youth

For college students who are living away from home, receiving a care package can be the highlight of their week, and DHS's educational liaisons are making sure that current and former foster youth do not miss out on that experience .
Staff attend training to become certified child passenger safety technicians

This month, 14 representatives from the Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) and Shannon Evans, DHS emergency/risk coordinator, participated in an intensive four-day training to learn how to improve safety while transporting children .
Five questions with Jace Ransom

Jace is school age youth manager in the Office of Community Services .
HSB lobby sign

Visitors to the Human Services Building at 1 Smithfield Street may have noticed the digital sign located near the guard station in the lobby. The sign was initially purchased in 2009 as a way to educate consumers and visitors about local programs and supports outside of DHS. It is also a way to keep visitors informed of meetings that are happening in the downstairs conference rooms.

If you have information that you'd like to be considered for the digital sign, please contact Alexa at alexa.seretti@alleghenycounty.us .
DHS News: A look back

Over the next year, we'll be sharing articles from previous editions of DHS News. This month, we are taking a look back at DHS's response to Hurricane Ivan, the effects of which we were dealing with 15 years ago. DHS staff and providers rise to meet catastrophic needs (Oct. 2004)
We welcome your story ideas, employee news and comments. If you’ve got news you’d like to see in DHS News, please contact Mark Bertolet at mark.bertolet@alleghenycounty.us or 412-350-3439.