In the Headlines

October 21, 2016 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency's Healthi Kids' Play Best Team has been nominated for the Community Design Center of Rochester's Betty Reshaping Rochester's Betty Strasenburgh Award for Activism for its advocacy for changes to the built environment. Nominees and winners will be recognized at a luncheon Nov. 17.

October 18, 2016 - Healthi Kids' Play ROCs campaign was honored by Metro Council for Teen Potential with a Friends of Youth award for its campaign to increase safe and accessible play spaces and play opportunities.

October 18, 2016 - The nine

October 13, 2016 - When it comes to treating patients and providing quality care nowadays, doctors should place importance on the "twins" of health literacy and cultural competency, according to Dr. Sharon Denise Allison

October 13, 2016 - Older adults in the Rochester and surrounding Finger Lakes area report more “poor mental health” days than their peers across New York state, a fact compounded by a shortage of behavioral health providers in the region. But a new geriatric home visit initiative has the potential to better address seniors’ complex health needs.

October 1, 2016 - Healthi Kids provided some activities for the Re:Main Social event, which was aimed at promoting vibrant downtown spaces and showcase the potential of current vacant spaces along Main Street in Rochester.

October 1, 2016 - Healthi Kids' Jenn Beideman wrote in The Wedge newspaper about Healthi Kids' efforts to improve school meals locally – to make lunch “less gross” and to ensure every child in the Rochester City School District has a healthy and appealing meal.

September 22, 2016 - Healthi Kids Coalition of the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency was recently selected as a winner in the Play Everywhere Challenge — a $1 million national competition that awards ideas to make play easy, available and fun for kids and families in cities across the U.S. The award will be used to create an interactive story walk and program at Phillis Wheatley Community Library, 33 Drive Samuel McCree Way, Rochester.

September 22, 2016 - Wade Norwood, chief strategy officer for Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, will be the keynote speaker and four community leaders will be honored by Action for a Better Community at its 13th annual Signature Luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Riverside Convention Center.

September 20, 2016 - A group of community members gathered at Rochester City Hall Monday to celebrate 10 years since the establishment of the Rochester Lead Law. Elizabeth McDade with the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning says the law allows individuals to find out whether there are lead hazards in their homes, and charges landlords with the responsibility of fixing the hazards.

September 19, 2016 - It's been 10 years since the City of Rochester adopted the lead paint abatement law, which is one of the strictest in the country. Over 141,000 units have been inspected for lead paint hazards in the past decade. As a result, Rochester has seen an 80 percent reduction rate in the number of reports of lead poisoning in children.

September 19, 2016 - Rochester's lead law, credited with a dramatic reduction in local lead