DHS in the News
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May
First Aid: County offers program to help residents identify signs of mental illness
Pittsburgh City Paper, May 22, 2013
Less low-income Pittsburgh housing squeezing needy people
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2, 2013
April
Allegheny County Announces Line-Up for 2013 Summer Concert Series
Robinson-Moon Patch (and other local papers), April 30, 2013
Allegheny County parks concerts include Grammy winners
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 29, 2013
Local organization supports immigration bill
New Pittsburgh Courier, April 17, 2013
Project Prom Offers Girls One Last Chance to Choose a Dress
Sewickley Patch and other affiliated community papers, April 13, 2013
Nonprofits provide free tax assistance
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 9, 2013
Groups from McKeesport, elsewhere to celebrate Week of Young Child with story time
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 1, 2013
Allegheny County agency grows social database
Despite worries, social service system praised for close attention to privacy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 1, 2013
March
Schools, Human Services Renew a Promising Data-Sharing Pact
Developments newsletter, University of Pittsburgh, Office of Child Development, March 2013, Vol. 27, No. 1
Mon-Yough agencies to benefit from HUD grant
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 26, 2013
Allegheny County Grabs $13.1 Million to Fight Homelessness
WESA-FM 90.5, March 22, 2013
Project Prom helping make big night special
New Pittsburgh Courier, March 21, 2013
Project outfits teens for prom's big night
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 21, 2013
Project Prom marks 10th anniversary with dress giveaway
Pittsburgh Tribune–Review, March 12, 2013
Project Prom offers free dresses for local teens
KDKA Pittsburgh, March 11, 2013
Project Prom offers prom attire to needy students
WPXI Pittsburgh, March 11, 2013
'Project Prom' shop opening again for high school girls
WTAE Pittsburgh, March 11, 2013
Many urge governor to expand Medicaid at public hearing in Oakland
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 9, 2013
Providers Urge Corbett to Expand Medicaid
WESA FM, March 8, 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference
Justice News, U.S. Department of Justice, March 4, 2013
Neighbors rescue baby abandoned by mother in Wall, Pa.
Pittsburgh TribLive, March 1, 2013
February
Human Services: Sustained and Coordinated Efforts Could Facilitate Data-Sharing While Protecting Privacy
U.S. Government Accountability Office, February 2013, (pgs. 10-23 and Appendix 1), 6.2 MB
'Project Prom' shop opening again for high school girls
WTAE.com, February 26, 2013
Lottery losers, Despite increase in lottery revenue, PA seniors get fewer community services
PublicSource, February 25, 2013
Demand for home services for elderly continues to climb
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 25, 2013
Prom Outfits to Be Given Away Again at Century III Mall
Baldwin-Whitehall Patch and other local papers, February 21, 2013
Improve human services in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Opinion, February 13, 2013
Allegheny County Jail improves prison release measures
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 4, 2013
Efforts to Curb Recidivism at the Allegheny County Jail
WESA 90.5 FM, February 4, 2013
January
Groups check Alle-Kiski Valley in regular count of the homeless
TribLive, January 31, 2013
Allegheny County Project Prom Kicks Off Tenth Anniversary
90.5 WESA Pittsburgh's NPR News Station, January 22, 2013
Shelters work overtime as temperatures plunge across southwestern Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 22, 2013
Mental health services key to reducing violence
New Pittsburgh Courier, January 16, 2013
The Mental Health Crisis is Real
Patriot-News Op-Ed, January 7, 2013