RISE Staff Recognitions

The First Staff on the Rise Recognition Recipient: Nicole Smarro

Staff on the Rise is a RISE Healthy Housing and Support Services employee recognition program which recognizes staff who possess an exemplary work ethic, excel on the job, are team players, and are an inspiration to others. The first recipient of the Staff on the Rise recognition is Nicole Smarro, House Manager at Hedgerow House,… Read More

Silver Linings in the Time of COVID

Sybil and the entire Administrative Team at RISE are grateful and appreciative of the work and dedication of the staff during this difficult time. Executive Director of RISE Housing and Support Services, Sybil Newell, has found herself in the unenviable position of leading a non-profit social service agency in the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic.… Read More

Tammy and Susan: Thank You for a Job Well Done!

Tammy Burke and Susan Baitinger, the Administrative Assistants and the smiling faces that greet you upon entering the main office, are greatly appreciated by all of us at RISE Housing and Support Services. We are especially grateful for all they did and continue do for us to manage the changes due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.… Read More

RISE Bids a Fond Farewell to two Esteemed Colleagues

RISE Housing and Support Services bids a fond farewell to David Wurster and Lawerence Putnick, both of whom retired this year after long and illustrious careers in RISE Care Management. Dave, who worked in RISE Care Management for 34 years, retired earlier this year in March. Larry, a New York State Employee who was embedded… Read More

To the Memory of Laraine Desmond

RISE Housing and Support Services is proud to dedicate Rain House, one of its community residences, to the memory of Laraine Desmond, who was called Rain by her close friends. Laraine was employed for over 30 years primarily at this one location serving people with mental health diagnoses. She passed from this life after a… Read More