A group of community leaders set out to better coordinate the efforts of Cleveland charities. They founded the Federation for Charity and...
History
1920s
The Federation held the first Conference on the Care of the Aged with a focus on hunger, dementia, and will and inheritance...
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
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
The Federation responded to increasing deinstitutionalization of persons with severe mental illness from state psychiatric hospitals by helping to establish community day...
1970s
The Federation facilitated the merge of five agencies into one organization providing comprehensive services for children and families. That organization continues to...
1972
In 1972, an internal reorganization resulted in a new name, Federation for Community Planning, and a new focus on planning, research, community...
1980s
The Federation administered The AIDS Commission of Greater Cleveland, and created a database containing information about the number of new and potential...
1990s
The Federation served as a catalyst for improving child immunization, helping create a community immunization registry implemented by the Cuyahoga County Board...
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...