Community & Advocacy

 

Focus on families and partnership-based intervention to increase the next generation's quality of life.

The Big Picture

Golisano Children's Hospital is developing broad partnerships with community organizations, foundations, and providers to address the specific, local needs of our children.

Why It’s Important. And How We Will Do It

Ensuring our next generation is healthy and well is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. Focusing on people’s health in the younger, formative years will positively impact their personal development and societal contributions. In Rochester, our community pediatric clinicians and community based organizations are organizing resources to focus on best outcomes for infants and toddlers.

Goals & Accomplishments

Goal: Implement Universal Newborn Telehome Visitation

Accomplishments:

• Through ROC Family TeleConnects program, 1,500 newborns and families have received health/telehealth visits in the city of Rochester (birth cohort 3000)
• Secured 2.7 million in funding from NYS and Excellus to date for telehealth
• Excellus has now implemented this in their standard funded portfolio for MMC and commercial lines
• Platform funded and developed to support county-wide data collection and reporting

Goal: GROW Comprehensive Developmental Screening

Accomplishments:

• 7112 children (majority 2, 3 and 4 year-olds in city of Rochester) screened and over 50% identified with delays were supported for needed referrals in last 4 years  (birth cohort: 12,000)
• Funding to date: $4.9M from Medicaid, NYS, AHP and MVP
• Expanding  to 5 additional counties in the Finger Lakes region

Goal: Advocate for Medicaid Policy Change

Accomplishments:

• NYS First 1000 Days Initiative for maternal-child health implemented across state; including Monroe and Chemung counties
• Commitment to pursue maternal child health and mental/behavioral health in Finger Lakes region in NYS Medicaid Waiver

Goal: Implementation of Parent/Family Advocacy Partner Leadership, and Integration of Health, Education and Human Services

Accomplishments:

• Launch of Whole Child Initiative within ROC the Future Alliance based on All Kids Thrive Model
• Funding to date: $1.7M committed funding per year for 3 years from local foundations prioritizing whole child health

Learn About Our Plan In Action

• RCSD Expanding Student Health Centers, Launching Telemedicine: URMC’s school-based telemedicine initiative will engage in a pilot program to provide mental health services.
• Birth Control Initiative Reduces Teen Pregnancies in Rochester – Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) initiative, is an example of an innovative model for community partnerships and the 1,000 Days Initiative

More Information

For further information on the Community and Advocacy goal, please contact Jeffrey Kaczorowski, M.D., Shaun Nelms, Ed.D., and Dirk Hightower, Ph.D.