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1913

1913

A group of community leaders set out to better coordinate the efforts of Cleveland charities. They founded the Federation for Charity and...

1920s

1920s

The Federation held the first Conference on the Care of the Aged with a focus on hunger, dementia, and will and inheritance...

1930s

1930s

The Great Depression caused unprecedented suffering and greater demands for the community’s human services agencies. In response, the Federation advocated for a...

1940s

1940s

The Federation held its first Health and Human Services Institute, an all-day conference on critical community problems for professionals and volunteers. The...

1950s

A number of community information and referral services were consolidated into the Federation’s Community Information Services and eventually became an independent organization...

1960s

1960s

The Federation responded to increasing deinstitutionalization of persons with severe mental illness from state psychiatric hospitals by helping to establish community day...

1970s

1970s

The Federation facilitated the merge of five agencies into one organization providing comprehensive services for children and families.  That organization continues to...

1972

1972

In 1972, an internal reorganization resulted in a new name, Federation for Community Planning, and a new focus on planning, research, community...

1980s

1980s

The Federation administered The AIDS Commission of Greater Cleveland, and created a database containing information about the number of new and potential...

1990s

1990s

The Federation served as a catalyst for improving child immunization, helping create a community immunization registry implemented by the Cuyahoga County Board...

2000s

2000s

The Federation became more of a community engine for research and analysis, advocacy, and problem solving. As a result, it changed its...

2010s

As Community Solutions celebrated 100 years of service to Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, we began reporting detailed health and social indicator data...

2015

In 2015, Community Solutions’ Board of Directors approved a new strategic plan intended to guide work through the next several years. Its...