January 2020
In this edition:

  • PA Secretary of Aging visits Allegheny County AAA
  • Photo: Choose Home
  • Holiday Project has another successful year
  • Five questions with Wendy Smith
  • Kudos: Virginia Howard and Michelle Lee
  • Kudos: Maritza Daniels, Shannon Graham, Scott Sullivan and Loren Windsor (One Good Apple Award winners)
  • 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 . 
PA Secretary of Aging visits Allegheny County AAA

Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) welcomed a special guest on December 5: Pennsylvania’s secretary of the Department of Aging, Robert Torres. This marked Mr. Torres’ first visit to western PA since his appointment in January 2019 .
Choose Home

On December 19, DHS officially welcomed nine new volunteers to the Choose Home program, which offers friendly visits to homebound or isolated seniors who are veterans. These addition of these participants brings the total number of Choose Home volunteers to 13.

Pittsburgh was one of five communities chosen to participate in this federally funded, three year pilot program. Learn more about the Choose Home program in the October 2018 edition of DHS News. 
Holiday Project has another successful year

Thanks to the generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations around Allegheny County, 3,600 children served by the Office of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) and Homeless Services received gifts this holiday season through the DHS Holiday Project .
Five questions with Wendy Smith

Wendy is prevention specialist in the Office of Community Services (OCS) .
Kudos: Virginia Howard and Michelle Lee

Virginia Howard, administrative specialist, and Michelle Lee, clerk typist 2, were selected as the first two recipients of the Office of Behavioral Health’s (OBH) Outstanding at Being Helpful award .
Kudos - Maritza Daniels, Shannon Graham, Scott Sullivan and Loren Windsor (One Good Apple Award winners)

Maritza Daniels, Shannon Graham, Scott Sullivan and Loren Windsor were selected as the latest One Good Apple Award winners . 
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 Data Warehouse was established: DHS program offices joined together by Data Warehouse (2001) .
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.