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The Urban League of Rochester has been awarded a $2 million Growth Opportunities grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support programs that provide job training and supportive services to justice-involved youth in concentrated areas of crime and poverty.

Finger Lakes Performing Provider System is collaborating with Community Action of Orleans and Genesee to increase access to healthcare for homeless and housing insecure families in Orleans County through a new program referred to as Axis of Care.  

Kelly Finnigan has been named executive director of St. Peter’s Kitchen, effective today.   Finnigan replaces longtime director Patty Lorenzen who will retire from the organization at the end of this month after more than 21 years of service.  “I ...

The city of Rochester will use $13.3 million to build 100 single-family affordable houses, helping to correct the wrongs made by redlining.

Finger Lakes Performing Provider System is collaborating with Huther Doyle and Regional Health Reach to provide medical, dental and behavioral health care to the unsheltered homeless in Rochester.  Huther Doyle will pilot a one-year Backpack Medicine Program to provide boots-on-the-ground ...

The city of Rochester hopes participation in New York University Furman Center Housing Solutions Lab’s Peer Cities Network will help create a comprehensive housing plan that leads to increased home ownership, rent-to-income equilibrium and market stability. Rochester is one of ...

March marks two worldwide awareness events for the environment: World Water Day and Earth Hour. In Rochester, New York, these events connect us to the global community and are also particularly close to home in light of recent developments with ...

With as many as 15,000 households behind in rent in January and with moratoriums on eviction and utility shutoffs lifted, local government leaders are encouraging in-need residents to reach out for help through the 2-1-1 Life Line and Tenant Defense ...

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans hopes the formation of the Housing Quality Task Force will create substantive solutions to what city leaders, tenant advocates and landlords all say is crisis situation. “Rochester is known for having the most affordable housing in ...

More than 70 organizations became Level Up Champions last year, including the region’s two largest employers: the University of Rochester and Rochester Regional Health.

The Action for a Better Community event addressed the laws and policies needed to repair the historical injustices done by racism, redlining and other forms of economic marginalization.

Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined her priorities as she begins her first full year guiding New York.

Leadership Rochester inspires, connects and educates a vibrant, diverse network of individuals who can help transform and strengthen our Greater Rochester Region. Founded by Rochester’s top leaders, Leadership Rochester’s programs bring together individuals across industries, geographies and backgrounds. Together they ...

    The “Stuff the Bus” food collection initiative continues through Sunday at the Tops Friendly Markets location at 450 West Ave. in Rochester, part of the month-long Thanksgiving food drive by Uniting and Healing through Hope of Monroe County. ...

To eliminate racial bias in homeownership opportunities and restore value to Black neighborhoods the community must collectively agree that the problem exists before it can be addressed.