Empowering thru Advocacy

Shame Dies in Safe Places

One of our Care Managers who is a part of the LBGTQ Community shares how she uses her experiences and the challenges she overcome to help better the lives of others and create a safe place for individuals to process the shame of asking for help and applying for social services and other benefits.  

Be Your Most True and Authentic Self

At RISE it is a priority to create a welcoming environment for everyone to be comfortable to be their most true and authentic self.  

RISE Provides Safe Housing for all People

Brittney, a Progressive Steps Apartment Program resident shares how, as a transgender woman, she feels safe in a RISE Program. She also shares how finding rise when she was at the lowest point in her life, saved her life.  

5 Questions on Mental Health and Street-Homelessness with the RISE Outreach Team

  The Saratoga County Alliance to End Homelessness contributed this article that was posted in the Saratoga Today, 5 Questions on Mental Health and Street-Homelessness with the RISE Outreach Team. In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Saratoga County Alliance to End Homelessness sat down with the street outreach team members at RISE –… Read More

Advocating for Mental Health

At RISE Advocating for Mental Health is a priority. We continue to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month by sharing what Advocating for Mental Health means to our staff and residents.  

Good Mental Health

Please join us in celebrating mental health awareness as our residents share what having good mental health means to them.  

Help Someone In Need

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

Mental Health Awareness Month

Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health diagnosis. During May, RISE joins the national movement to raise awareness about mental health.  Mental health is always important, but this year – with the lingering effects of the pandemic and a shift in “returning to normal” – it is at… Read More