March Update: Why DE&I is Vital at Hillside
Diversity is something we celebrate at Hillside. We know that our impact in the community depends on our people, and so we’re intentional about creating a great place to work by continuing to add to an already wonderful mix of people in our Hillside family. Our work...
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection now hiring for upcoming Utica program launch
An agreement between Hillside and the Utica City School District (UCSD) will bring Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HWSC), a nationally recognized youth-development program, to three Utica schools beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year. HWSC is now hiring to...
Hillside’s Monroe Campus Earns CARE Certification from Cornell University
Hillside’s commitment to providing innovative services to youth and families realized another milestone this month, with notification from Cornell University that the agency’s Monroe Campus programs and staff have earned Children and Residential Experiences (CARE)...
February Events Kick Off New ‘Hillside Reads’ Literacy Initiative
Beginning this month, Hillside’s Education teams are writing a new chapter in the promotion of literacy among students served by the agency. The new Hillside Reads literacy initiative aims to foster a love of reading among youth in Hillside’s schools. A variety of...
Hillside President & CEO Delivers Testimony at State Legislative Budget Hearing
Hillside President & CEO Maria Cristalli delivered testimony in Albany today, at a joint hearing held by the NYS Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees. The Legislative Budget Hearing, convened to discuss the topic of Mental Hygiene, introduced...
Hillside CEO Cristalli Named to 2023 Rochester Business Journal “Power 100” List
For the third consecutive year Maria Cristalli, Hillside’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has been named to the Rochester Business Journal’s 2023 “Power 100” list of community influencers in the greater Rochester, NY, region. Ben Jacobs, associate publisher...Promoting Literacy with ‘Hillside Reads’
The children who attend Hillside’s schools at our residential campuses and Day Treatment programs share the same hopes and dreams as students in any public or private school—and in many cases, their challenges are similar as well. For example, too few children today...February DE&I Update: Black History Month
At Hillside, we’ve kicked off the new year with a renewed commitment to our DE&I work, both internally and in the communities we all call home. In January, our various DE&I councils, committees and affinity groups held a combined meeting where participants...