Worth noting the algorithm doesn't determine whether kids get removed from homes, or override human decision-making.
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Worth noting the algorithm doesn't determine whether kids get removed from homes, or override human decision-making.
The department has developed a screening tool for CPS: When a call comes in about a kid who's potentially at risk, the tool generates a "risk score" based on the integrated data.
That score helps a caseworker decide whether to do a site visit or not.
That score helps a caseworker decide whether to do a site visit or not.
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The department has developed a screening tool for CPS: When a call comes in about a kid who's potentially at risk, the tool generates a "risk score" based on the integrated data.
That score helps a caseworker decide whether to do a site visit or not.
That score helps a caseworker decide whether to do a site visit or not.
About 1/5th of parents involved in the child welfare system have a diagnosed opioid use disorder.
You're often dealing with the same people in these programs, just in different contexts. So it makes a lot of sense to integrate the data.
You're often dealing with the same people in these programs, just in different contexts. So it makes a lot of sense to integrate the data.
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
About 1/5th of parents involved in the child welfare system have a diagnosed opioid use disorder.
You're often dealing with the same people in these programs, just in different contexts. So it makes a lot of sense to integrate the data.
You're often dealing with the same people in these programs, just in different contexts. So it makes a lot of sense to integrate the data.
This problem doesn't just manifest in deaths.
A relatively limited number of drug addicts are disproportionately likely to be booked into jail, be homeless, or be involved in a child welfare call.
A relatively limited number of drug addicts are disproportionately likely to be booked into jail, be homeless, or be involved in a child welfare call.
April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This problem doesn't just manifest in deaths.
A relatively limited number of drug addicts are disproportionately likely to be booked into jail, be homeless, or be involved in a child welfare call.
A relatively limited number of drug addicts are disproportionately likely to be booked into jail, be homeless, or be involved in a child welfare call.
Like many mid-size Rust Belt urban regions, Allegheny County deals with high overdose death rates, largely from opioids.
April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Like many mid-size Rust Belt urban regions, Allegheny County deals with high overdose death rates, largely from opioids.
Here's Allegheny County: think Pittsburgh plus.
April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here's Allegheny County: think Pittsburgh plus.
This fries me: We architect these intricate pandemic response systems, but we don't ever test them.
Compare that with the military, which "live fire tests" weapons and systems constantly.
Compare that with the military, which "live fire tests" weapons and systems constantly.
November 27, 2024 at 6:19 PM
This fries me: We architect these intricate pandemic response systems, but we don't ever test them.
Compare that with the military, which "live fire tests" weapons and systems constantly.
Compare that with the military, which "live fire tests" weapons and systems constantly.
he’s going infantmode. he’s babypilled. he’s tinymaxxing.
April 21, 2023 at 3:15 AM
he’s going infantmode. he’s babypilled. he’s tinymaxxing.
my wife 🤝 BAP
bigoted against polenta
bigoted against polenta
April 17, 2023 at 7:36 PM
my wife 🤝 BAP
bigoted against polenta
bigoted against polenta
holding the baby so much with left arm I think it is bulking noticeably more, like an old timey tennis player
April 16, 2023 at 7:14 PM
holding the baby so much with left arm I think it is bulking noticeably more, like an old timey tennis player
I don’t want to get into it on Substack Notes with this guy but obviously free speech is not about “defending your ideas” or a “marketplace of ideas”
April 15, 2023 at 5:08 AM
I don’t want to get into it on Substack Notes with this guy but obviously free speech is not about “defending your ideas” or a “marketplace of ideas”
gonna start posting like it’s early Twitter days. meals I’m eating, “going for a run haha XD,” etc
April 14, 2023 at 9:31 PM
gonna start posting like it’s early Twitter days. meals I’m eating, “going for a run haha XD,” etc
CS Lewis be like what if the protagonist was ugly as fuck, just hideous
April 13, 2023 at 5:23 PM
CS Lewis be like what if the protagonist was ugly as fuck, just hideous
Peets is what nicole calls these
April 13, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Peets is what nicole calls these
