Housing First is an approach to quickly and successfully connect individuals and families experiencing homelessness to permanent housing without preconditions and barriers to entry, such as sobriety, treatment or service participation requirements. This is why RISE Housing and Support Services says “Housing is Healthcare.” Without a roof over one’s head and food security it becomes… Read More
Art Therapy is by no means a new topic, and art therapy as a complement to traditional mental health treatment is not novel. However couldn’t we all use a reminder of what can help process behaviors, reduce stress and anxiety, and manage our feelings. Studies suggest that art therapy can be very valuable as a… Read More
I love the post “How Crayons Saved My Life: Art & Recovery” because 1) I love to color and 2) it was such a simple technique employed by The Giving Gallery’s founder and CEO, Amanda Lipp, to help in the management of her mental health journey. As an artist, I craved for a creative outlet that could help me… Read More
The Saratoga County Alliance to End Homelessness contributed this article that was posted in the Times Union, Saratoga Springs Creates Collaborative to Address Homelessness Experts agree, the solutions to ending homelessness are simple: provide more affordable housing and prevent people from losing their homes in the first place by supporting those struggling to pay their… Read More
Trauma-Informed Care is all about “changing the culture of an organization.” Dawn Daum, Milestone Manor Program Director and Chairperson of the Trauma-Informed Care Work Group, is the force behind RISE’s transition to being a trauma-informed service provider. She is pictured with David Wallace, LCSW-R and Associate Executive Director for Program Development at La Salle… Read More
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
When my family and I first moved to Saratoga Springs in 2008 our temporary housing was in a hotel. We were there for three months and got to know the staff quite well, especially Kevin who worked at the front desk. When we moved into our house we remained friends with Kevin and he was… Read More
RISE Housing and Support Services Residents are invited to share their experiences in the various RISE Programs at the Annual Board Retreat held each year in January. Lucinda, who had been a RISE Resident for two years, shared at the 2019 Retreat about how RISE helped obtain and maintain her mental health. “Good evening,”… Read More
John Shoemaker, Supported Housing Program Director, describes why RISE Housing and Support Services promotes the practice of meditation. What are the general benefits of meditation? Essentially, meditation is a state of being that we can bring about with certain practices. It is a way to adjust our internal system in order to maximize our experiences… Read More
