Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Police and community outreach workers weighed in on the recently announced decline in shootings in Rochester, and discussed the work ahead. BACKGROUND: Rochester unveils new ...

Community health workers (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers who often function as liaisons or intermediaries between health and social services and the community. Their activities can ...

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Tompkins County Whole Health announced the launch of a new community outreach worker program, “Mobile Supportive Services,” which began in February. According to Tompkins County ...

For many Clark County residents, the past few days of triple-degree temperatures have been an annoyance. For those who are homeless, they’ve been life-threatening. Authorities say more homeless people ...

The key to unlocking improved health outcomes in the United States has been in our hands for hundreds of years: community health workers. Also known as community outreach workers, patient navigators, ...

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Tompkins County Whole Health will launch its new community outreach work program tomorrow, March 27. The program will provide community outreach and non-life-threatening crisis ...

CHENANGO COUNTY - The Chenango County Area Agency on Aging has added two new outreach workers to its staff. Samantha Lyons comes to the AAOA from the Montezuma Winery in Cooperstown, where she worked ...

Over the next two years, UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community will partner on a $555,000 per year state grant to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO for a project to improve ...

An ordinance that would make it illegal for anyone to camp or maintain an encampment on public property in the city of Fremont is up for a vote on Tuesday night. The ordinance defines camping as ...