The Miquel A. Powell Youth Summer Camp at Scio Street, now in it’s second year, started in response to gun violence in Rochester and addresses topics ranging from conflict resolution, nutrition, local Black history, and more. The Health Foundation is proud to partner with Miquel and The Reentry & Community Development Center as part of our Racial Health Equity work.
Our August 2022 newsletter is FULL of information and resources including our 2021 Annual Report, new board member announcements, reproductive health care services and resources,
A team of faculty from Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives is spearheading a new initiative to address community trauma and health inequity caused by gun violence.
With support from Greater Rochester Health Foundation, we celebrate that our grantee partners directly reached more than 55,000 individuals residing in our communities. We hope you enjoy browsing our 2021 Annual Report.
We believe in the fundamental importance of individuals’ privacy and self-determination in making their own health care decisions, together with their providers. Health equity demands that all persons have genuine access to the full array of legal and medically accepted reproductive health care services.
Watching your 13-year old child struggle with anxiety and depression is heartbreaking for any parent. Even before the pandemic, our family spent hours running from numerous mental health appointments to psychiatric emergency rooms, trying desperately to get my daughter the help she needed. Unfortunately, like countless children across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on my child’s mental health. Sadly, she is not alone.
BluePrint Geneva will receive $44,000 in federal funds to help combat food insecurity in the Finger Lakes. The money will be used to create a community kitchen and storefront location in Geneva to increase accessibility of fresh, healthy foods to underserved neighborhoods.
More than ever, people struggling with substance use disorder need to know there are places they can go for immediate help – free of judgment and criminal implications. That’s why Genesee County’s Public Safety Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative locations are so important. This month marks the second anniversary of the opening of the PAARI site at the City of Batavia Fire Department – a significant event as the department is the first from New York State to participate in PAARI and one of only a few fire companies in a network of more than 600 police and public safety agencies in 34 states.
SOAR, a community health grant, is concerned with the physical, mental, economic and social health of area residents. As wonderful as the holidays are, for some they can be a more difficult time — and during a pandemic it’s all about the “Plan B.”
