Hillside Stands

Jun 5, 2020 | CEO Message

Again, and again, and again. The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and far too many people of color have put yet another grim spotlight on the racial and economic inequalities that continue to define life in America. This ugly tradition can’t...

Nurses Make a Difference — Today and Every Day

May 6, 2020 | News

An open letter to Hillside’s nurses from Ann Cott, Hillside’s Executive Director of Health Care Services: It’s National Nurses Day and the start of National Nurses Month! The theme this year is You Make a Difference. The global COVID-19 pandemic makes...

Hillside Encourages Participation in 2020 Census

May 4, 2020 | News

The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing additional complications to the lives of already vulnerable families coping with the challenges of trauma, poverty and neglect. To many of these families, keeping up with the mail at this time might be the last thing on their...

Community Service Takes New Forms During COVID-19

Apr 22, 2020 | News

How can community service requirements be completed when the community itself is shut down? In the wake of COVID-19, Hillside’s Mary Jo Acomb and her team have found a way to help young people solve that problem while participating in the Livingston...

An Important Decision in Minneapolis

Apr 20, 2020 | CEO Message

The following message was released this evening by Maria Cristalli, Hillside President and CEO. On May 25, 2020, a terrible crime was committed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For millions of people around the country and around the world, the murder of George Floyd was...

HW-SC: Inspiring Excellence

Apr 14, 2020 | News

At 9:00pm on a recent Wednesday, Shekena Dallis answered a phone call from a student she mentors as a Youth Advocate (YA) in the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection program. A call so late on a school night was unusual, and Dallis worried it might be bad news—but the...

The Art of Caring: Connecting with Comics

Apr 10, 2020 | News

Hillside Community-Based Treatment Provider Nicole Bielowicz struck upon a novel way to help one very creative youth see the COVID-19 pandemic through a different lens. After sharing his stress and anxiety about the crisis, Nicole asked her youth if he’d tried...

COVID-19: Mask Donations Show Support for Hillside Nurses

Mar 26, 2020 | News

Hillside teams are rallying around our youth and families during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, and support from the community makes their work possible. This week, nurses in Hillside’s health office at the Finger Lakes Campus in Auburn were encouraged by a...

Expanded Technology Solutions Connect Staff and Youth During COVID-19 Crisis

Mar 26, 2020 | News

With remote work suddenly becoming the new normal for many Hillside teams during the COVID-19 pandemic, technology tools are rising to the challenge. In one example, Hillside has dramatically expanded the availability of TeleCare resources that make it...

COVID-19: Reports of Contact Involving Hillside’s Crestwood Campus

Mar 22, 2020 | News

Hillside has learned of a potential COVID-19 exposure that may have occurred during the week of March 9 involving the community at our Crestwood Campus school on Scottsville Road in Rochester. We are concerned about any possible exposure to our staff and students, and...