Meeting People Where They Are: Inside Cortland’s Trauma-Informed Grace Space
Written By: Aster Parrott, Director of Public Health Infrastructure at the Rural Health Institute of New York and Ashley Lewis, Epidemiologist at the Rural Health Institute of New York From November 2024 to April 2025, the Rural Health Institute of New York (RHI) and other Cortland County community partners successfully piloted a low-threshold, data-driven daytime… Read more »
NY Legislators Move to Lessen Long-Standing Nonprofit Contract Delays
Central Current recently published an article detailing New York State’s efforts to address a long-standing challenge for nonprofits: delayed payments on state contracts. Legislators have approved an overhaul that includes provisions such as 25 percent advance payments, interest on late reimbursements, and automatic contract renewals—steps designed to relieve the heavy financial strain nonprofits face when… Read more »
Paper Released: An Early Warning – Unpacking the Lead-Literacy Connection
Two and a half percent. That is the percentage of one-year-olds in Onondaga County who tested positive for lead poisoning in 2024. That is also the percentage of lead poisoning cases that could have been prevented with an early warning system designed to intervene when children are in the extremely vulnerable 0-12 month age range.… Read more »