Allegheny County Department of Human Services Government website / press release

Allegheny Family Screening Tool

Allegheny County

Ref: SRC-003-USA-002

https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Services/Human-Services-DHS/DHS-News-and-Events/Accomplishments-and-Innovations/Allegheny-Family-Screening-Tool

Accessed: 3/24/2026

Summary

Official Allegheny County DHS page on the AFST confirming operational deployment since August 2016, describing the tool as integrating hundreds of data elements from the DHS Data Warehouse (operational since 1998), and noting ongoing model refinement based on evaluation results and call screening staff feedback.

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Allegheny County (n.d.) 'Allegheny Family Screening Tool', Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Available at: https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Services/Human-Services-DHS/DHS-News-and-Events/Accomplishments-and-Innovations/Allegheny-Family-Screening-Tool (Accessed: 24 March 2026).

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