In the Headlines

January 24, 2023 - “While urban areas tend to heavily utilize shelters, rural and suburban areas see a higher prevalence of people seeking shelter in vehicles, tents, hotels or motels, or doubling or tripling up with relatives," said Zoë Mahlum, Health Planning Research Analyst at Common Ground Health.

January 18, 2023 - “Homelessness in our region affects people of every race, gender, age and ethnicity in cities and in rural towns,” said Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health.

January 10, 2023 - Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health has been named to a statewide stakeholder committee tasked with advising the Master Plan for Aging Council.

November 28, 2022 - “I’m following up with a final ask for your help during the last weeks of our My Health Story 2022 survey, to ensure we hear from as many unique voices as possible,” said Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health.

November 27, 2022 - People living in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes have a few more days to fill out Common Ground Health's My Health Story 2022 survey to determine health needs in local communities.

November 25, 2022 - “The survey is an important tool to inform policies and programs that will improve the health of the Finger Lakes region,” said Common Ground Health CEO Wade Norwood.

November 4, 2022 - “We are doing this work for ourselves, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren," said Phyllis Jackson, Community Wellness Project Manager at Common Ground Health.

October 27, 2022 - Common Ground Health's “Critical Condition: Sustainable Investments Required to Build a Skilled, Supported and Equitable Health Care Workforce”, provides steps health care institutions can take to continue to make addressing health outcome disparities a priority.

October 14, 2022 - Beatriz LeBron, PlayROCs Project Coordinator at Common Ground Health says "recess should be accessible to all students in the RCSD."

October 14, 2022 - “What was discovered was that the Rochester City School District, which houses the majority of our kids who live in the city of Rochester, did not have equitable play opportunities from school to school," said Beatriz LeBron, PlayROCs Project Coordinator for Healthi Kids, an initiative of Common Ground Health.

October 10, 2022 - Common Ground Health, kicked off it's new Indigenous Health Initiative at the first annual Indigenous People's Day in Rochester.

October 5, 2022 - “With COVID-19 variants continuing to persist and with flu season approaching, it is important that people stay up to date with their vaccinations,” Linda Clark, Chief Medical Officer at Common Ground Health, said.