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EmbraceCLE Community Challenge Raises Over $200,000 to Support Cleveland Nonprofits

October 12, 2020

CLEVELAND, Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In its first year, the EmbraceCLE Community Challenge, a month-long fundraiser competition sponsored by Embrace Pet Insurance, brought together the Cleveland community in support of 14 local nonprofits navigating challenging times and a landscape of uncertainty. The Challenge enabled a fun, competitive opportunity for nonprofits to raise money to help further their community-based missions for the top prize of $20,000. In addition to keeping any donations raised for their mission, the top-performing organizations walked away with cash prizes totaling $50,000 from Embrace Pet Insurance.

R.E.A.L Rottweiler Rescue was crowned the 2020 winner and received a total of $59,260 — raising $38,760, winning a $500 bonus challenge and taking home the $20,000 grand prize. The organization works to secure dogs of various breeds while assessing their personality, temperament and training before placing them in appropriate adoptive homes. To-date, they have facilitated more than 1,000 successful

Arlington County announces community dialogues on racial equity

October 12, 2020

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The goal is “to normalize the conversations that we know are really challenging but we also think will help to lay the foundation for how we can move forward together in the county,” said Samia Byrd, Arlington County’s chief race and equity officer.

Local governments across the nation, including in New York and Minnesota, are brainstorming ways to address racial disparities in their jurisdictions. While critics have dismissed the initiatives as vaguely defined or public relations stunts, advocates say they are a necessary step toward real policy change.

In Arlington, officials said the dialogues are part of a years-long focus on addressing equity issues, rather than a newly formulated response to racial justice demonstrations this summer in the region and throughout the country.

“This is not about just responding to the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the protests that have existed in communities,” said Arlington County Board

Sliney School community member tests positive for coronavirus in Branford

October 12, 2020

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John B. Sliney Elementary School on Eades Street in Branford

John B. Sliney Elementary School on Eades Street in Branford

Photo: Mark Zaretsky / Hearst Connecticut Media /

Photo: Mark Zaretsky / Hearst Connecticut Media /

John B. Sliney Elementary School on Eades Street in Branford

Photo: Mark Zaretsky / Hearst Connecticut Media /

BRANFORD — A member of the John B. Sliney Elementary School community has tested positive for coronavirus, Superintendent of School Hamlet Hernandez said.

Hernandez, who notified members of the school community in an email and a statement posted on the school system website, did not specify whether it was a teacher, student or staff member, but said the affected person was last in school on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

It was the second confirmed COVID-19 case in

Middlesex YMCA virtual Strong challenge free to community

October 12, 2020

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The Northern Middlesex YMCA in Middletown has launched a free six-week STRONG challenge designed to help transform spirit, mind and body.

The Northern Middlesex YMCA in Middletown has launched a free six-week STRONG challenge designed to help transform spirit, mind and body.

Photo: Contributed Photo / Northern Middlesex YMCA

Photo: Contributed Photo / Northern Middlesex YMCA

The Northern Middlesex YMCA in Middletown has launched a free six-week STRONG challenge designed to help transform spirit, mind and body.

Photo: Contributed Photo / Northern Middlesex YMCA

MIDDLETOWN — The Northern Middlesex YMCA invites all in the community to participate in a free six-week Strong challenge designed to help transform spirit, mind and body.

The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati began this program earlier this

Lutheran Community Services Northwest and Compass Housing Alliance Pursue Affiliation to Address the Region’s Growing Affordable Housing Needs

October 12, 2020

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Two mission-aligned non-profits join forces

Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCS Northwest) and Compass Housing Alliance (Compass) have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) for Compass to become an affiliate of LCS Northwest. An affiliation would create one of the region’s largest non-profit alliances providing critical support to people in the lowest income bracket, those experiencing homelessness, and under-served populations in the Pacific Northwest.

“Having Compass affiliate with LCS Northwest is an exciting opportunity for the organizations and Puget Sound,” LCS Northwest President and CEO David Duea said. “Both LCS Northwest and Compass are celebrating 100 years of continuous service and have a similar history of partnering with individuals and families in our community. It is at the heart of what we do.”

Through this affiliation, LCS Northwest will gain connections with 14 supportive affordable housing properties, four enhanced services shelters, a client day center providing mail delivery, banking, showers,

Excess deaths from COVID-19, community bereavement, restorative justice for communities of color

October 12, 2020

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What The Article Says: Ways the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded existing health, human rights and economic disparities in communities of color are discussed in this Viewpoint, which also proposes a program of restorative justice in response, comprising investments in education and housing, reforms in lending practices and criminal justice, and more.

Authors: Lisa A. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.19567)

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NH cities combat new Covid-19 outbreak, increasing community transmission

October 12, 2020

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Cases of COVID-19 are rising in states across the country, and in New Hampshire there is evidence of increasing community transmission.

The state’s two largest cities, Manchester and Nashua, are both experiencing this community transmission. Spokeswoman for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Laura Montenegro wrote via email Friday that the densest population of residents in the state reside in Nashua and Manchester, so increased cases in those two cities would be expected.

She explained how officials are seeing that places where many people congregate are high-risk settings, more so if they are inside. These sorts of settings can include weddings, sporting events, birthday parties and church gatherings.

“That risk increases if those individuals aren’t wearing masks and if they are singing or yelling or sharing cups,” Montenegro stated.

According to data last updated Friday on the NH DHHS website, the number of COVID-19 cases in New

Minnesota Community Care Adds Two Directors to Advance Its Commitment to Disrupting Health Inequities in Communities It Serves

October 12, 2020

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Minnesota Community Care, the state’s largest federally qualified health center, announced the appointment of two new directors to its senior leadership team, each with deep experience working and advocating for the health and well-being of communities disproportionately impacted by social, structural, and political determinants of health.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201012005617/en/

Cindy Nelson Kaigama joins Minnesota Community Care as Director of Innovation and Learning (Photo: Business Wire)

“Our leadership team is stronger for the addition of these key leaders,” says Reuben Moore, CEO of Minnesota Community Care. “Cindy Kaigama and Rubén Vázquez each bring critical experience and expertise to our work of strengthening the well-being of our communities through health care for all.”

Cindy Nelson Kaigama will serve as Director of Innovation and Learning, and Rubén Vázquez Ruiz as Director of Equity and Inclusion.

Kaigama is a champion of health and education equity with

Community: Fran U honors two at virtual gala | Entertainment/Life

October 12, 2020

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Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University hosted Fête des Fidèles Goes Virtual on Oct. 1 and raised $37,722 in support of student scholarships while also honoring Healthcare Heroes Kristen Gradney and Dr. Catharine O’Neal, who made an impact during the pandemic.

Community: Baton Rouge DAR celebrates member’s 102nd birthday

During the Fête des Fidèles, a French phrase meaning “Feast of the Faithful,” FranU celebrated a tradition of education that has been making a difference in students’ lives for nearly 100 years.

Currently, over 90% of students receive some type of financial aid. Proceeds from the event will support student scholarships to ensure that deserving students have the opportunity to prepare for the health care career that will fulfill their chosen vocation and meet the region’s most critical needs in the future.

Gradney received the Alumni Healthcare Hero Award. She is senior director of operations at Our Lady of the Lake

Fair Haven Community Health Care ranked as a top 10 quality leader by federal agency

October 12, 2020

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In this pandemic, it has never been more important for low-income neighborhoods to have access to good health care.

At the same time, Fair Haven Community Health Care (FHCHC) is earning national recognition for the work it is doing.

It is one of nearly 1,400 federally-qualified health centers. To get their funding, those centers are all required to send in a copious amount of information every year.

“The government crunches those numbers, and then in the summer, they come out and say these are the health centers that, out of the 1,400 nationwide, have done the best,” explained FHCHC CEO Dr. Suzanne Lagarde.

This summer, the center was recognized as being in the top 10 percentile for being a quality leader, and the top two percent in handling of behavioral health by the Health Resources & Services Administration.

The organization began in 1971, seeing just

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EmbraceCLE Community Challenge Raises Over $200,000 to Support Cleveland Nonprofits

Arlington County announces community dialogues on racial equity

Sliney School community member tests positive for coronavirus in Branford

Middlesex YMCA virtual Strong challenge free to community

Lutheran Community Services Northwest and Compass Housing Alliance Pursue Affiliation to Address the Region’s Growing Affordable Housing Needs

Excess deaths from COVID-19, community bereavement, restorative justice for communities of color

NH cities combat new Covid-19 outbreak, increasing community transmission

Minnesota Community Care Adds Two Directors to Advance Its Commitment to Disrupting Health Inequities in Communities It Serves

Community: Fran U honors two at virtual gala | Entertainment/Life

Community: Baton Rouge DAR celebrates member’s 102nd birthday

Fair Haven Community Health Care ranked as a top 10 quality leader by federal agency