CGR Briefs

CGR and Trillium Health Services Begin Project

CGR is pleased to be working with Trillium Health Services to conduct a needs assessment among people who use drugs in the Rochester and surrounding regions. To strategically develop programs and services that align with community need, Trillium is interested in better understanding the needs and perspectives of individuals who use drugs.

CGR Offers City of New Rochelle Police Oversight Options

CGR recently completed an engagement with the City of New Rochelle and the Community Police Partnership Board (CPPB) that assessed stakeholder perceptions about community/police relations and analyzed data on citizens’ complaints about New Rochelle Police Department officers. We conducted interviews with representatives from police oversight models in New York including Albany, New York City, Village of Ossining and Schenectady , as well as and members from Westchester County’s Police Reform Task Force about a county-level civilian review board.

Exploring the Clean Energy Transition

What does the transition to clean energy mean for the Rochester region? How can our workforce be optimally prepared for the new jobs and changes to come? These are some of the questions CGR will be exploring as part of a new project with the Climate Solutions Accelerator.

Merged Municipality Marks 10 Years

Princeton, NJ, is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the largest municipal restructuring in New Jersey in nearly a century, accomplished with CGR’s assistance. CGR worked closely over the course of a year with both the Princeton Township and Borough, delivering a consolidation plan that won the approval of both parties.

Supporting Data-Driven Anti-Poverty Work

CGR is proud to announce a new engagement with the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI) to provide data insights to inform the collaborative’s work to boost upward mobility in our area.

Brookline Launches Community Indicators Site

CGR completed its 15th community indicators site with the launch of a new project for Brookline, MA.

Identifying Improvement Opportunities for a County Health Department

CGR was recently engaged by the Ocean County, NJ Health Department to conduct a short-term high-level assessment of organizational structure and functioning to identify potential structural or operational efficiencies and/or improvements.

Evaluating Code Enforcement Services in Chautauqua County, NY

CGR is conducting a review of local code enforcement services in Chautauqua County, which builds on similar work conducted for Tioga County in 2020.

Increasing equity in afterschool and summer programs in Rochester

How to increase equity and accessibility within out-of-school time (OST) programs for youth was the focus of a 2-year project that CGR, in partnership with RAND Corp., conducted for the Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance (GRASA).

Seneca County the latest focus for CGR analysis of EMS

Seneca County (NY) has engaged CGR to provide an Operational Analysis and Service Alternatives for the County's Emergency Medical Services Deployment and Response System.

CGR Board Member Named Hispanic Businessperson of the Year

CGR congratulates our board member and CEO of PathStone Corp., Alex Castro, for being named 2023 Hispanic Businessperson of the Year by the Rochester Hispanic Business Association (RHBA).

Local Organization Examines the Need for Re-entry Services

CGR was engaged by Barakah Muslim Charity (BMC), which serves residents in and around the 14611 area code, to examine whether BMC should offer re-entry services to formerly incarcerated residents of the neighborhoods it serves.