A Way Home America recently released a brief report highlighting the results, learnings and next steps from the 100-Day Challenge to prevent and end youth homelessness in three communities. The Cleveland team successfully met the challenge by housing 105 homeless young adults and a total of 428 young adults moved in to housing in Austin, Cleveland and Los Angeles. [More]

Judge Michael John Ryan, who is a Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland board member, was recently featured on NPR’s Morning Edition as part of the StoryCorps program. StoryCorps is a national nonprofit that gives people the chance to interview friends and loved ones about their lives. Judge Ryan spoke about how his childhood inspired him to be a better father. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association, we are pleased to share a reflection for the first week of Lent. [More]

Last year, Michelle Sparacino was able to celebrate her success in losing 170 pounds at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center’s My New Life Celebration—an annual recognition event for patients who are at least one year out from bariatric surgery. Her story was featured in an article that ran in the hospital’s online monthly newsletter. [More]

Jennifer Michelle Stranger, Mercy Medical Center marketing representative, earned the “2017 Achievements in Excellence Award” from the National Sales & Marketing Executives (NSME) Akron/Canton chapter at an awards dinner February 28 in Akron. [More]

On behalf of the Catholic Health Association, we are pleased to share a reflection for Ash Wednesday and the first week of Lent. [More]

Mercy Medical Center and the Canton City Schools started the Well Women Healthy & Strong program last year to educate middle school girls about health issues that affect them. The program recently hosted a lunch for middle school students to discuss the topic of opioid addiction in Stark County. [More]

Mercy Medical Center has been the incubator for sixth grade robotics club members to come up with new ideas for the robotic surgery industry. Their work has involved speeding the transfer of medical documentation between the hospital's surgery robot and its electronic health record. [More]

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Chest Pain Certification. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. [More]

SPARK, which stands for Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids, is a parent-focused intervention program that gets kids ready for kindergarten. The Early Childhood Resource Center, which handles SPARK management and operations, featured the story of one family who is taking full advantage of the program in its “ECRC Impact” electronic newsletter. [More]