$5.5M in expenses

In 2024, common ground health supported schools in hosting global school play day at locations across rochester; hosted the playful learning summit to support teachers in tapping play to transform education; hosted speak life! To promote improved health outcomes for all; hosted the hair and health symposium to focus on the connection hair, skin and nails have to health; supported and trained barbers and beauty salons who promoted health literacy in their communities through events and outreach and improved access to naloxone to reverse overdoses; provided mental health education for faith leaders and community groups; supported and trained churches and faith communities in promoting health literacy and improved outcomes through events and outreach; hosted events for the national week of prayer for healing of AIDS; offered training for mental and behavioral health providers to help them better serve the community; convened health coalitions to better understand barriers to accessing physical and mental health services; collected personal care items for older adults in nursing homes; launched an advertising campaign and external activities to raise awareness of infant and early childhood mental health that babies and toddlers need early relationships full of love and support for optimal, lifelong physical, mental, and cognitive health and well-being; convened the healthi kids coalition to understand and promote the adoption of whole child health principles in community planning; worked with rochester r-centers to improve food and nutrition standards, with the city of rochester to promote expanded opportunities to play and be physically active, and with the rochester city school district to implement the district's wellness policy; co-convened the food policy council to promote food access in rochester; convened the regional consortium on health care workforce to advance regional workforce initiatives; advanced age-friendly initiatives in the region; convened the senior adult community engagement group to foster participation in internal and external regional health projects; supported a walk audit to assess the walkability, safety and accessibility of a suburban area; supported partners in hosting the urban ag conference; repainted a street mural to improve visibility at an intersection with a history of accidents; performed data analyses and published information health spotlight reports on social isolation and loneliness, youth mental health after the covid-19 pandemic, life expectancy, the top health concerns of local residents, what supports are needed to help older adults age in place; updated analyses of sparcs, mortality and claims databases and population estimates from the u.s. Census; updated our internal insights platform to better analyze diverse data sets; created a dashboard to allow easier analysis of my health story 2022 survey data; and supported partner projects that align with regional health planning.