Year Round Emergency Shelter

Shelter location:
14 Walworth Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
The year-round emergency shelter provides temporary shelter for up to 23 people at the Walworth Street facilities in Saratoga Springs. The congregate-style shelter offers a safe, home-like environment for guests while they work toward financial, health, and housing stability. Critical to a person’s success is self-determination combined with 24 hours/day staff support. Guests work with a case manager to develop a housing plan that addresses their individual needs and forms the foundation for which independent living can be sustained. (Partially funded by the Local Department of Social Services, private foundations and contributors; and nightly shelter rent if able).

Support Offered

The shelter serves the needs of an average of 125 people each year.

• Assistance with accessing benefits
• Resume writing and job searches
• Independent daily living skills
• Budgeting and household finances
• Referrals to supportive services (substance recovery, mental health care, clinical care)
• Housing navigation
• Rental and moving assistance

Code Blue Winter Shelter

Shelter location:
4 Adelphi Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Open:
November 1, 2022-March 30, 2023

Shelters of Saratoga operates the NYS mandated Code Blue shelter in conjunction with Saratoga County and The NYS Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance. The program provides nightly shelter from November until April, with daytime respite provided when the temperature drops below 32 degrees.

Services provided:

• 61 nightly cots, first-come, first-served basis 
• Nightly meals
• Daytime respite under 32 degrees
• Case management
• Basic necessities
• On-site service providers

   

Meals are donated nightly from local restaurants, community organizations, and private donors. Volunteers assist staff with safe shelter operations, meal service, and peer support. 

The program is funded in part by The New York State Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (OTDA), with support from private contributors.