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A year-long program launching in January will teach necessary fundamentals to help organizations take action on climate in their community. The Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region will present Color Your Organization Green (CYOG), a hybrid program designed ...

Monroe County intends to help at-risk youth and families become part of the workforce through support of “The Hive,” a community collaborative spearheaded by EnCompass: Resources for Learning. County Executive Adam Bello has allotted $5.8 million in American Rescue Plan ...

Elevate Rochester will honor The Children's Agenda, JN White, LaBella Associates and Nocon & Associates will be honored next month for their strong ethical standards.

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Administered through the state Office of Mental Health, the federal funding is aimed at helping community-based service providers better serve children and youth who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and a developmental disability or substance use disorder.

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“It is a true honor to be recognized on this list with so many great leaders in New York State economic development,” Duffy said in a statement. "The future is bright because of the work these individuals are doing to provide equitable development for businesses and talent.” 

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Funds raised by the event benefitted the Center for Youth, a non-profit providing assistance to homeless youth in Rochester and the surrounding counties. 

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ROC the Future Alliance released its annual State of Our Children Report card this week and announced a new initiative, the Whole Child, to better identify and correct ineffective systems of support for parents, families and children prenatal to age eight. ...

Walk registrants can choose how to participate in the hybrid event, whether it be in-person, virtually or both. The in-person walk begins at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 and the virtual walk can be done any time during the weeklong event.

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently announced the recipients of its 2022 Health Equity awards, which represent more than $560,000 in financial support for community programs that address racial and ethnic health disparities across its upstate New York service area. 

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“Rising discrimination has been clear to Jewish residents for some time, but it is appearing that this experience of bias is not as apparent to the community at large,” said Karen Elam, executive director of the Levine Center to End Hate

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Villa of Hope celebrated the opening of its Gregory E. Polisseni Living Hope Treatment Center with a ribbon cutting at the site in Greece on Thursday.   The first-of-its-kind facility in the region, Living Hope Treatment Center, will serve community ...

Three local supportive, affordable housing projects were among six developments across New York that will share in $30.6 million in funding.

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WXXI and the foundation joined forces in 2014 to launch MTI, an initiative that uses the power of public media to inform and transform attitudes and behavior about intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities.  

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The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester kicked off its annual Red Kettle campaign at Marketplace Mall Thursday, announcing this year’s $365,000 goal.  The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign is the most visible of its fundraisers and has been present in ...

The honorees, unveiled during a special ceremony Thursday at The Strong National Museum of Play, were chosen from a field of 12 finalists that also included bingo, Breyer Horses, Catan, Nerf, piñata, Phase 10, Pound Puppies, Rack-O and Spirograph. 

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