Thank you to the The City of Saratoga Springs, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for the funding to rehab the floors in two of our Progressive Steps Apartment Program buildings. CDBG supports community development activities to build stronger and more resilient communities and improve the lives of all residents, especially those working to achieve… Read More
The National Alliance to End Homelessness created this Data Visualization. Housing First has been thoroughly studied as an effective approach to ending people’s homelessness. System leaders, advocates, policymakers, and others are encouraged to review the following visualization, which demonstrates the overwhelming volume of research and data supporting Housing First. It includes the most significant domestic… Read More
Thank you Holiday Inn Saratoga for sending work crews to deep clean both the Adelphi Street Shelter and Rain House Community Residence and for the donation of paper goods and hygiene products for the 2024 Leap of Kindness Day! Leap of Kindness Day was invented by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce in 2016.… Read More
Thank you Saratoga County Capital Resource Committee for your the $3000 grant we received to assist us in doing the work we do in the community! We greatly appreciate your support! The SCCRC is a local not for profit development company that provides low interest rate tax-exempt and taxable debt financing to not- for- profit and other… Read More
Thank you Saratoga County Board of Supervisors for your support of the Adelphi Street Shelter! Thank you Supervisor Matt Vietch for your representation of Saratoga Springs on the Board and for hand delivering this $20,000 check to RISE!
RISE residents are very appreciative of the hand knitted beanies to keep them warm this winter! Thank you Christopher and the Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake Knitting Club for your thoughtfulness!
Many thanks to our friends at Universal Preservation Hall for their generous donation of Auggie’s catering from Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding last weekend! Residents at FOUR different programs enjoyed the chicken marsala, meatballs, baked ziti, antipasti, fresh bread and salad. Buon Cibo!
This article was published in the Saratoga Today Newspaper. Many of us have a limited understanding of homelessness, especially if we’ve never experienced it personally or known someone who has. Our perception is often shaped by what we see in the media or witness in urban areas or at busy street corners. However, homelessness encompasses… Read More
This article was originally published in the Saratogian. At a special City Council meeting earlier this week, $387,000 was awarded to RISE Housing and Support to allow it to continue its work operating its temporary low-barrier shelter on Adelphi Street into the new year. A collaboration between RISE, Julie and Sonny Bonacio of Bonacio Construction… Read More
Thank you, Aili Lopez, Program Director at Create Community Studios, for the arts and crafts classes you bring to our programs at RISE. Last week, Rain House residents had fun making Christmas decorations to add to their tree!
