Shelters of Saratoga - Saratoga Springs, New York

Shelters of Saratoga strives to ensure that every member of our community has safe and affordable housing. We provide shelter, advocacy and referral services for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. We develop and maintain a range of affordable housing opportunities and resources for low to moderate income families and individuals.

Shelters of Saratoga, Inc. (SOS) has been in operation since 1991. Formed to address a strong unmet community need, SOS has evolvedfrom St. Clement's Church basement,to a mobile home for 8 homeless
men,to its current emergency shelter location at 14 Walworth Street in
Saratoga Springs, which opened in January 1997. Currently the shelter has 18 beds serving homeless adult men and women.

Beyond food and housing,
SOS additionally provides shelter guests:

Case management services
Referrals to appropriate community services and resources
The road to self-sufficiency
Positive social interaction
Accountability

Our scope has broadened to include neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing, mobile outreach, transitional housing, subcontracting for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) and conducting home safety inspections.

As SOS continues to grow and expand, we have begun the process of establishing a new structure that will allow SOS to provide increased services for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. S.O.S. 2010 Statistic Sheet (pdf)