In this month's edition:
- Battering Intervention Program improves communication to increase accountability
- Photo: Celebrating Walter Smith
- Using SMS to engage potential employees
- DAL staff members strengthen selves, unit through Biggest Loser competition
- Addressing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
- Photo: Child Welfare Professionals Appreciation Week
- Photo: Marc Cherna recognized with three awards
- Kudos: Maryn Formley
- Kudos: Jessica Jeanette
- Kudos: Carol McIntyre
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.
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Battering Intervention Program improves communication to increase accountability
From December 2017 through March 2018, Allegheny County Battering Intervention Program (BIP) providers and criminal system partners participated in a collaborative planning process focused on
improving BIP services.
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Photo: Celebrating Walter Smith
On Thursday, June 21, in recognition of his retirement, Walter Smith, deputy director of the Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF), was celebrated at a gathering of staff, CYF Advisory Board members, and providers at the Mon Valley Regional Office. Walter became CYF deputy director in 2013.
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Using SMS to engage potential employees
As part of DHS's efforts to use SMS technology to increase engagement, plans are in place to begin using automated text messages to interact with job applicants
in real-time.
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DAL staff members strengthen selves, unit through Biggest Loser competition
DHS's Biggest Loser competition began as an effort to improve the health and well-being of individual staff members, but for one DHS unit, it has turned into a
team-building opportunity.
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Addressing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
Youth with a history of abuse, trauma, poverty, housing instabilities and poor educational outcomes are at a high risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation. With the number of children being exploited in Allegheny County increasing, DHS has been trying to find the best way to
address these issues.
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Photo: Child Welfare Professionals Appreciation Week
Governor Tom Wolfe has proclaimed June 4-8 Child Welfare Professionals Appreciation Week. In recognition of the hard work done by Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) staff, the regional offices held appreciation events that included ice cream socials, visits from therapy dogs, and bagel breakfasts.
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Erin Dalton and the Pete Bailey Award for Achievement in Public Systems Integration
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Photo: Marc Cherna recognized with three awards
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Marc Cherna, director, was recently recognized for his dedication to improving human services in Allegheny County. In May, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the APHSA National Health and Human Services Summit. Marc was also the recipient of The Exemplar Award from The Network for Social Work Management.
Additionally, Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) awarded Marc and Erin Dalton, deputy director in the Office of Data Analysis, Research, and Evaluation, the Pete Bailey Award for Achievement in Public Systems Integration. This award recognizes the Department's use of the data warehouse as well as the
Allegheny Family Screening Tool
to create better outcomes.
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Kudos: Maryn Formley
On June 7, Maryn Formley, KIDS supervisor in the Office of Data Analysis, Research, and Evaluation (DARE), was recognized as one of the New Pittsburgh Courier's Fab40
recipients for 2018.
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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.
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