DHS Annual Plans and Budgets

In its responsibility for administering publicly-funded human services, Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) plans for the allocation of more than $1B in areas that span behavioral health, children and families, aging, housing and homelessness, and intellectual disability and autism services.

Ongoing DHS planning activities

Monitoring key budget processes impacting human services
- July 2025 Funding Memo(PDF, 347KB)
- August 2025 Provider Payment Update & Message from State Budget Secretary(PDF, 167KB)
Addressing the state budget proposal through the State 2024-25 Budget Brief(PDF, 315KB)
Engaging stakeholders with:
- Annual public hearings
- Public surveys via Engage Allegheny
- Regular advisory board and committee meetings
- Targeted outreach to clients, providers, and other stakeholders on specific questions/priorities (e.g., Crisis Response Stakeholder Group, etc.)
Analyzing client data to identify gaps, and to compare current state against expected outcomes
Consulting experts, best practice literature, research

County Human Services Plan

The County Human Services Plan consolidates planning requirements for categorical components of the Human Services Block Grant, including Mental Health Community Base-Funded Services, Behavioral Health Services Initiative (BHSI), Intellectual Disabilities Community Base-Funded Services, Act 152 of 1988 Drug and Alcohol Services, Homeless Assistance Program Funding, and Human Services Development Funds. It is submitted annually to the PA Department of Human Services, 60 days after the agency releases its annual bulletin (usually in the summer).

State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26

SFY 2024-25

SFY 2023-24

SFY 2022-23

SFY 2021-22

SFY 2020-21

Plan(PDF, 861KB)

SFY 2019-20

Plan(PDF, 867KB)

SFY 2018-19

Plan(PDF, 1MB)

SFY 2017-18

Plan(PDF, 2MB)

Needs-Based Plan and Budget

The Needs-Based Plan and Budget articulates Allegheny County’s priorities, planned services, and resource needs for serving children and families – in particular those children and families who are involved with, or at risk of involvement with, the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. It is submitted annually to the PA Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth and Families, as the budget narrative submission deadline is August 15^th each year, and the timeframe aligns with the state fiscal year (SFY).

SFY 2026-2027

SFY 2025-2026

SFY 2024-2025

SFY 2023-2024

Plan(PDF, 5MB)

SFY 2022-2023

Plan(PDF, 2MB)

SFY 2021-2022

Plan(PDF, 2MB)

SFY 2020-2021

Plan(PDF, 2MB)

SFY 2019-2020

Plan(PDF, 2MB)

Area Agency on Aging Strategic Plan

The Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is part of a nationwide aging network led by the U.S. Administration on Community Living and the Pennsylvania Department on Aging (PDA). Every four years, PDA requires each of the Commonwealth's fifty-two (52) Area Agencies on Aging to submit an action plan for the following four years. This four-year plan considers the demographic trends of the region, the changing needs of the consumers, and the current services provided by the Allegheny County AAA.

Additionally, every year the Allegheny County AAA releases program updates and a budget prospectus, as well as an Annual Report.

Community Action Plan and Budget

Allegheny County DHS is the designated community action agency for the receipt of the County’s (outside the City of Pittsburgh) Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds. CSBG is a federally funded block grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Community Services that supports services aiming to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in under resourced communities. CSBG recipients are required to conduct a community needs assessment every 3 years and develop a strategic plan every 5 years.

2025 Community Action Report Jan - Mar(PDF, 862KB)

Past CSBG Reports

Housing and Homelessness

Allegheny County DHS, through its Office of Community Services, is the designated Infrastructure Organization and United Funding Agency for the Allegheny County Continuum of Care (CoC) – the network of services and stakeholders engaged in making homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring. Starting in 2016, the CoC underwent a community planning process to create its strategic plan. The strategic planning process is summarized in Preventing and Ending Homelessness - Community Strategic Planning Process(PDF, 110KB). Principles guiding the strategic plan can be found in the Guiding Principles: Allegheny County Plan to Prevent & End Homelessness(PDF, 356KB). The working board of the CoC, the Homeless Advisory Board (HAB), voted to accept the plan on July 25, 2017.

Allegheny County Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness(PDF, 1MB)

State of Human Services

We invite you to view the past State of Human Services presentations. Erin Dalton, Director of Allegheny County Department of Human Services, presents key updates related to high-priority areas, reflects on accomplishments, and describes work underway for the coming year.

2025

2024

2023

2023 Presentation

2022

2022 Presentation