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 Below each working group recommendation is an initial list of County & City departments that have committed to implementation efforts. Quarterly progress updates for listed recommendations will be posted within thirty (30) days of the prior quarter’s end (Q3= July 1 – September 30, Q4= October 1 – December 31). This list will be revised and more information will be added in the future as we engage further with the County, City, and other community organizations.

CJK2R5
Working Group: Criminal Justice
Key Issue: DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND PUBLIC DEFENDER
Recommendation: Data Transparency: The district attorney should provide extensive data on cases, pleas, disposition etc., to the community through an open data portal.
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City Youth & Human Services
CJK3R5
Working Group: Criminal Justice
Key Issue: COURT/ PROBATIONS / JAIL
Recommendation: Invest in restorative justice and diversion programs
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City Youth & Human Services
HCK2R3
Working Group: Healthcare
Key Issue: ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTHCARE TO INCREASE RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY
Recommendation: Create/amend Land Trusts and Land Banks to include use of land for community health centers in neighborhoods with high populations of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
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City Youth & Human Services 1-3 years
HCK2R4
Working Group: Healthcare
Key Issue: ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTHCARE TO INCREASE RACIAL HEALTH EQUITY
Recommendation: Decentralize Monroe County Department of Public Health services and put locations in neighborhoods with high populations of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
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City Youth & Human Services
MHK3R1
Working Group: Mental Health/Addiction
Key Issue: Mental health and addiction services are often unaligned and disconnected, as are City and County initiatives on these issues. Misalignment exacerbates and prolongs racial and ethnic inequities in access to mental health and addiction services.
Recommendation: Systems: Assure that current County and City initiatives regarding mental health emergency response services are fully integrated — i.e., one emergency response system, not two. A
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City Youth & Human Services
POK1R3
Working Group: Policing
Key Issue: HIRING
Recommendation: We are recommending the City of Rochester enhance the Career Pathways to Public Safety program offered by the Rochester City School District, and the PREP program offered by Monroe Community College to firmly establish a direct pipeline for the youth of Monroe County to enter the ranks of local law enforcement
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City Youth & Human Services 1-3 years
POK3R1
Working Group: Policing
Key Issue: OPERATIONAL PRACTICES
Recommendation: We recommend local law enforcement agencies be mandated to collect and regularly report on a quarterly basis, demographic information of all individuals they interact with in arrests, traffic investigations, street stops, and uses of force. Furthermore, we recommend the demographic information be collected and regularly reported for personnel complaints, also on a quarterly basis. We further recommend this data be included in their annual reports and, relative to the Rochester Police Department, be included on their Open Data Portal, entered into their TRACS system, and sent to the Rochester Police Accountability Board. If other local police agencies develop a similar civilian oversight process, we recommend this data be sent to their board for review
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City Youth & Human Services
SSK1R1
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: CHILD WELFARE
Recommendation: Implement Blind Removal Meetings
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City Youth & Human Services
SSK1R2
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: CHILD WELFARE
Recommendation: Hire Cultural Brokers
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City Youth & Human Services
SSK1R3
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: CHILD WELFARE
Recommendation: Create Kinship Navigators
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City Youth & Human Services
SSK1R4
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: CHILD WELFARE
Recommendation: Internal DHS Policy Change
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City Youth & Human Services
SSK1R5
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: CHILD WELFARE
Recommendation: Cultural Competence and Community Education
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City Youth & Human Services
SSK3R3
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: OLDER ADULTS
Recommendation: Upgrade senior centers in neighborhoods of most need
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City Youth & Human Services 1-3 years
SSPLR3
Working Group: Human/Social Services
Key Issue: Parking Lot
Recommendation: Poverty - the disproportionately high rates of poverty among older Black Americans and other adults of color, and their greater need for services, is primarily caused by a lifetime of higher instances of occupational discrimination, underemployment, and lower rates of intergenerational wealth, due in part to redlining and discrimination. There are no quick fixes for the massive income and wealth disparities in our society that are engineered into the fabric of structural racism and the exploitation of labor. The only way to reduce these inequities in the next generation is to correct the current compensation structure of the workforce, while noting that many older adults are currently working in low wage jobs at well beyond “normal” retirement age. Nothing 159 short of “making work pay” will solve the moral injustice of increasing poverty and disparities in the older adult population of Monroe County, a condition largely attributable to declining wages and benefits. Therefore, both county and city governments should join and lead in all efforts to bring every job in Monroe County to a level of self-sufficient wages, comprehensive medical benefits, and retirement savings paid by the employer. One such effort is RMAPI’s employer pledge. Others include the “Fight for $15” and the drive for a voluntary living wage paid by all employers.
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City Youth & Human Services < 1 year

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