RISE in the News

Addressing Solutions to Homelessness

Lindsey Connors, RISE Associate Executive Director, addresses solutions to homelessness in this WRGB Channel 6 News and in this Spectrum NEWS 1 article below.   Plans for permanent homeless shelter in Saratoga Springs unravel just four months after announcement Plans to open a new homeless shelter in Saratoga Springs appear to be off the table,… Read More

Sybile Newell is on Look This Week

Sybil Newell, RISE Executive Director, discussed how RISE helps individuals with mental health, substance use, or other life challenges in our community obtain safe and healthy housing and the services RISE provides to help them remain safe in the community. Sybil also shares about the partnership with Hudson River Community Credit Union to build the… Read More

Healthy Capital District: Munch and Mingle

Victoria Furfaro, Outreach Supervisor, attended the January Healthy Capital District’s Munch and Mingle. The audience was filled with people who worked in all facets of community health, as well as community members.   The fantastic panelists kicked off the event by each sharing how they had turned their passions into community action, how they overcome… Read More

OMH Announces Funding to Combat Homelessness in Upstate New York

This story was originally posted at Spectrum News 1 RISE Executive Director, Sybil Newell, discusses how the OMH announcement will help to combat homelessness in Upstate New York.   A $38.2 million initiative funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health will create eight safe option support teams for individuals who are experiencing… Read More

RISE Awarded $2.3 Million for Homebase

This article was published in the Daily Gazette RISE  will use a $2.3 million grant obtained through U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko to help construct a 5,200-square-foot addition to RISE’s main office building to house a new psychosocial program. The funding was part of $12.8 million in total grants throughout the Capital Region secured in 2022… Read More

Saratoga Springs’ Community Outreach Court is the Only One of Its Kind in Upstate N.Y.

This article was published in the Saratoga Today Newspaper By Thomas Dimopoulos SARATOGA SPRINGS — In 2020, the city found itself faced with a problem. An increasing pattern of people experiencing street-homelessness were frequently failing to appear in court, while others were re-offending shortly after being convicted. The result was a backlog of warrants and… Read More

Mental Health and Criminal Justice Collaboration Training

Dr. Prezioso, Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services in Saratoga County, in collaboration with RISE Housing and Support Services, presented a community-based Mental Health and Criminal Justice Collaboration training with instructors Dr. Steven Lamberti and Dr. Robert Weisman, experts in forensic psychiatry.   The training focused primarily on criminology of individuals with mental health… Read More

RISE: The “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at UPH

“Let’s do the time warp again!” RISE Housing and Support Services is thrilled to bring the 1975 cult-classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” to the historic Universal Preservation Hall (UPH) in downtown Saratoga Springs this Halloween! Join RISE, Brad, Janet, Riff Raff, Eddie, and the outrageous Dr. Frank N. Furter on Friday, October 28, 2022, for… Read More

RISE Receives Funds from the American Rescue Plan COVID Grant from Saratoga County

RISE Housing and Support services was one of the 177 Non-Profits Serving Saratoga County Residents to Receive a Collective $2 Million in Awards from the Saratoga County Non-Profit COVID Relief Grant Fund.   The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors created the Fund to assist community non-profits negatively affected by the pandemic to help them continue… Read More