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 Leadership Message - A New Model for Improving Health in New York State
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Jack Salo, Executive Director
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New York State's five year program to reduce preventable hospital admissions and unnecessary use of hospital emergency departments by those enrolled in Medicaid is rapidly winding down. The Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP) was initiated in 2015 to help transform the healthcare delivery system and will end, at least in its' current form, on March 31, 2020.
Read the
full article and my perspective on the keys to moving from opportunity to reality.
John C. (Jack) Salo,
Executive Director
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Farm to School Corps
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Maggie Caroompas, a Farm to School AmeriCorps Member with the Food and Health Network has been working with one of our participating schools, Homer Brink Elementary School in the Maine-Endwell School District, on a school-wide Maple Project. In late February, Maggie assisted students in learning how to identify maple trees and the process of tapping the trees. They even got to taste the sap!
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Students braved the cold to learn how to tap maple trees.
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Over the next two months students will be learning how to track the temperature and see its effect on the amount of sap the trees produce. The sap will be taken to a local sugar shack and boiled down by families in the district to make maple syrup. One pint will be submitted to be judged with syrups from across New York State. In April, the students will celebrate the end of the project and all of their hard work by enjoying a pancake breakfast with the syrup they all worked together to make.
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Annual Volunteer Conference -
Registration Now Open
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Rural Health Service Corps, the United Way of Broome County, and Volunteer Administrators of the Southern Tier (VAST) have partnered to present an annual Volunteer Conference and Recognition Event.
All agencies who host AmeriCorps and VISTA members and any other organizatuion that would like to honor those who serve and volunteer, are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
8 AM - 2 PM
The Binghamton Club, 83 Front Street, Binghamton
Click here for the agenda, workshop descriptions, and registration.
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Transportation to Employment was the Topic of a Recent Panel Discussion
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On March 7, Getthere, the Rural Health Network mobility management program, and The Agency, the Broome County IDA/LDC, co-hosted a panel discussion addressing transportation access to employment in Broome County. The discussion was facilitated by Stacey Duncan, the Deputy Director of The Agency, and featured Bill Wagner, Director of Getthere; Greg Kilmer, Commissioner of Public Transportation for BC Transit; Charles Rutkowski, Director of Technical Assistance Programs for the Community Transportation Association of America; and Tim Lewis, Technical Specialist for 511NY Rideshare.
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Panel members discuss strategies to improve access to employment.
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The panel was a follow-up to a Broome County Job Access study commissioned by The Agency and prepared by TransPro in 2018, which illustrated a shortage of continuous, fixed-route public transportation in Broome County, and the need for an innovative approach to transportation for the county's workforce. The panel discussed solutions for local employers who struggle to meet the transportation needs of their employees and potential employees. Employers expressed concerns regarding their second and third shift positions, which go largely unserved by public transportation. Supported by Mr. Rutkowski's examples of successful vanpools around the country, and by Mr. Lewis' discussion of employers encouraging their workforce to utilize ridesharing through NY511 Rideshare, Bill Wagner shared Getthere's newly established Employee Delivery Service, a vanpool program designed to meet each employer's unique needs for transporting employees to and from work.
The greatest takeaway from the panel was that the findings of the TransPro report not only affect Broome County residents, but also local employers looking to hire those residents. Panel attendees echoed one another in stating that they are seeking solutions to their transportation barriers, and are interested in furthering the conversation initiated during the panel discussion.
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Contact us to find out how these new vehicles can help provide access to employment.
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If you would like to learn more about Getthere's Employee Delivery Service, please contact Shane Solar-Doherty, Getthere Transportation to Employment Coordinator, at (607) 692-7669 ext. 223 or [email protected].
The Transportation to Employment Program is funded by Governor Cuomo's Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI), through the Binghamton-Broome Anti-Poverty Initiative (BBAPI), a program of the United Way of Broome County.
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Upstate NY Community Based Organization Consortium Forming
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A Community Based Organization (CBO) Consortium is being created across the 48 counties of Upstate NY to support our shared ability to succeed in the rapidly transforming health care delivery system. Participation in the Consortium is open to 501c3 organizations who do not directly bill Medicaid, have an annual operating budget of less than $5 million, and have been addressing social determinants of health for two or more years.
This project is being led by Healthy Community Alliance based in Western New York. Rural Health Network of SCNY is a Regional Lead for a 13-county area. Some of the objectives are to develop a diverse consortium for effective communication, engagement, and support; develop long range strategies to meet CBO engagement needs; build the infrastructure and learning practices for upstate region CBOs; and sustain supports needed for CBOs to successfully engage with healthcare payers.
Member organizations of the consortium are eligible to receive honorariums for participation in learning sessions, webinars, or phone meetings. Members may also receive technical assistance based on needs identified in a survey of all members which will be conducted soon.
For more information about the Consortium and how to become a member, contact Project Manager Tony Sanfilippo or Regional Lead Cindy Martin.
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In The News
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See coverage of the Transportation to Employment Panel.
See an Around the Tiers interview with Tom Lewis, Community Food Coordinator, talking about the upcoming Volunteer Conference, Rural Health Network programs, and volunteer opportunities. |
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To support our work at Rural Health Network,
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Advancing the health and well-being of rural people and communities.
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