Funding Sources
DHS receives federal, state and local funding from more than 150 funding sources. Some of the specific funding streams are acknowledged below. This is not a definitive list of funding sources. More details available upon request to Randolph W. Brockington at rbrockington@AlleghenyCounty.us.
DHS Funding streams
DHS Three-year Budget Funding Percentages
Background County Human Services Funding Information
Produced by the Pennsylvania Association of County Human Services Administrators (an affiliation of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) ), these documents include educational material concerning the funding of human services in Pennsylvania.
Block and Categorical Grants
Child Welfare Mandates
Framework of County Human Services Funding Streams
Funding Formulas County Services
HealthChoices as a Model (and Recommendationsby CCAP)
HSDF - County Human Services Safety Net
Human Services Intregration Fund (HSIF)
In 1997, in response to a critical need, 18 local foundations created the Human Services Integration Fund (HSIF) as a flexible funding pool to support projects and activities that foster DHS integration/restructuring/service provision but are more difficult or impossible to accomplish with public sector dollars. Details about the projects and participants are available in Human Services Integration Fund.
Projects Funded by HSIF
Allegheny County's Funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)