February 2020
In this edition:

  • Exciting changes for CYF visitation rooms
  • Stand Together expands beyond Allegheny County
  • CYF choir brings joy, creates unity
  • Supporting providers with information from the IMT
  • Five questions with Brian Heywood
  • Kudos: Joe Martin and Colleen Davis-Maxwell
  • 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 . 
Exciting changes for CYF visitation rooms

Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) visitation rooms are receiving an upgrade, thanks to funding from the Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW) .
Stand Together expands beyond Allegheny County

For the first time, the anti-stigma program Stand Together is being implemented at a school outside of Allegheny County.
CYF choir brings joy, creates unity

More than 20 Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) staff members have signed up to use their voices to connect with each other – and the department at large – as part of a newly established CYF choir . 

DHS employees can view the choir's MLK Day performance on SharePoint (requires a DHS login).
Supporting providers with information from the IMT

A new way of viewing information housed in the Integrated Monitoring Tool (IMT) may help to better support DHS providers and improve long-term planning for the department .
Five questions with Brian Heywood

Brian is a care management supervisor in the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) .
Kudos: Joe Martin and Colleen Davis-Maxwell

On February 18, Joe Martin and Colleen Davis-Maxwell, members of the DHS CATTS team, were invited to present a one-hour overview of trauma-informed care at Chatham University to approximately 200 graduate students and faculty in health sciences and psychology .
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 when the conference rooms at the Human Services Building (HSB) were renamed: The Bridges of Allegheny County: Lower Level conference rooms in Human Services Building change names (2007) .
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.