The Family Law Center in Pittsburgh is seen on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Around the country, as child welfare agencies use or consider algorithmic tools like in Allegheny County, an Associated Press review has identified a number of concerns about the technology, including questions about its reliability and its potential to harden racial disparities in the child welfare system.
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Attorney Robin Frank poses for a photograph outside the Family Law Center in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022. A longtime family law attorney, Frank fights for parents at one of their lowest points – when they risk losing their children.
The Family Law Center in Pittsburgh is seen on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
The moon sets behind homes in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Around the country, as child welfare agencies use or consider algorithmic tools like in Allegheny County, an Associated Press review has identified a number of concerns about the technology, including questions about its reliability and its potential to harden racial disparities in the child welfare system. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Workers field calls at an intake call screening center for the Allegheny County Children and Youth Services office in Penn Hills, Pa. on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.
Case work supervisor Jessie Schemm looks over the first screen of software used by workers who field calls at an intake call screening center for the Allegheny County Children and Youth Services, in Penn Hills, Pa.
Nico'Lee Biddle, a former foster care kid turned therapist, social worker and policy advocate, talks about the use of data-driven algorithms outside one of the county's Children, Youth and Families offices in North Versailles, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022.
A sign points the way to the entrance to the office where workers field calls at an intake call screening center for the Allegheny County Children and Youth Services office in Penn Hills, Pa., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.
People walk to the Family Law Center in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
Workers field calls at an intake call screening center for the Allegheny County Children and Youth Services office in Penn Hills, Pa. on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.
Attorney Robin Frank speaks with a paralegal at their office in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
Attorney Robin Frank looks for a birthday card to send to a former client, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
Family law attorney Robin Frank signs a birthday card to send to a former client, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022. She keeps a birthday calendar for the children she’s helped and sends them handwritten cards to remember times when things went right.
Associated Press reporter Camille Fassett contributed to this report.
