The RISE Community Outreach Court Coordinators Need Your Help! This is our agency’s least favorite time of the year. Code Blue season is over, and many folks have returned to uncertainty of where they are going to lay their heads each night. As a member of the Saratoga County Alliance to End Homelessness, RISE is… Read More
RISE thanks LifeWorks Community Action and the Regional Food Bank for the bi-monthly food drops! The extra food helps our residential programs stretch their food budget dollars. Each spring Lifeworks coordinates a bi-monthly food drop at Pine Grove Community Church. The Regional Food Bank drops off the in the church parking lot where volunteers divide… Read More
Many thanks to The City of Saratoga Springs, NY for granting us Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to facilitate much needed repairs at our Progressive Steps Apartment Program! The City of Saratoga Spring Mayor’s Office administers the CDBG Action Plan, which distributes more than $200,000 to organizations addressing community development needs and benefiting… Read More
The Saratoga County Alliance to End Homelessness contributed this article that was posted in the Saratoga Today, Homelessness and Individuals With Disabilities: Independent Living Centers & Their Role in Defeating Homelessness Over 40% of the homeless adult population nationwide is a person with a disability. Of that percentage, a majority live at or… Read More
We appreciate all those who donate to RISE by choosing us as their AmazonSmile Charity of Choice! Every little bit counts! Shop at AmazonSmile and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to RISE — no extra costs — when you choose RISE Healthy Housing and Support Services as your charity!
Thank you Supervisor Tara Gaston and Dillon Moran, Commissioner of Accounts for the supply of At-Home COVID Testing Kits. The testing kits will help us keep the staff and residents in our community residences and our apartment programs safe. We appreciate the donation. Tara Gaston is the Saratoga County Supervisor for the City… Read More
Hedgerow House would like to thank the staff at Healing Springs for their extraordinary to help keep the individuals in recovery in our programs motivated throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, especially when other treatment recourses in our community were closed to in-person participation. Ben Deeb (on the right), the Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) supervisor, came… Read More
The true spirit of the holidays was on full display in Lifestyles of Saratoga’s elegantly decorated window on Broadway in December 2021. The shop hosted its second annual Gift Wrap Bar benefitting a local non-profit organization. Holiday shoppers were encouraged to stop by Lifestyles of Saratoga, Caroline & Main, and Union Hall (all owned by… Read More
Saratoga County Alliance to End Homelessness contributed this article that was posted in the Saratoga Today, Point in Time: Data Helps Tell the Story When It Comes to Homelessness When it comes to human services, particularly services for persons experiencing homelessness, the stories of people’s lives and challenges they face provides a deeper and more… Read More
RISE would like to thank The Saratoga Hilton for the generous donation of $775 from the Chat with the Saratoga Santa Fundraiser! The Saratoga Hilton continued their tradition of the Visit with Santa fundraiser by offering an alternative to an in person visit, with a private virtual chat with The Saratoga Santa Claus. RISE was… Read More
