COVID-19 Emergency Response

Saratoga Center for the Family is dedicated to ensuring the health and wellbeing of our staff, our clients, and the community as a whole. During the COVID-19 virus outbreak Saratoga Center for the Family is working in collaboration with local agencies, school administration, county offices, law enforcement, and government agencies to protect the community while continuing to meet the needs of the children and families we serve.  Currently, our office is open during normal business hours (M-Th 9am-5pm and F 9am-4pm) and social distancing protocals are in place. All staff and visitors at our office are required to wear a mask as per the current NYS Mask Mandate. Many of our services are also still being provided virtually. 

Thank you for your support for Saratoga Center for the Family and the community we serve. 

Program Updates: 

Clinic based Therapy Services: 

Therapy appointments are being offered via a comnination of telehealth and in person appointments. Please check in with our main office at 518-587-8008 or with your Clinic Based Therapist for more information or questions. 

School based Therapy Services: 

School based services are being offered via a combination of telehealth and in person appoointments.  Please check in with our main office at 518-587-8008 or your school-based therapist for more information or questions. 

Community Based Therapy Services: 

Community offices in Corinth and Mechanicville are currently closed. Therapy services normally accessed at these sites are being offered remotely via telehealth with some select in person appointments being offered at our main location: 359 Ballston Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Please check with our main office at 518-587-8008 or your community-based therapist for more information or questions. 

Child Advocacy Center: 

The Harriet M. West Child Advocacy Center is continuing to maintain availability for emergent cases.  

Educational & Preventative Programs: 

Anger Management, Parenting, and Child Custody Stress Prevention Programs are being offered on-line. Please contact our main office at 518-587-8008 for more information or to enroll. 

For tips on managing stress and anxiety during this uncertain time: 

HELPFUL RESOURCES: 

A letter from our Executive Director:

Dear Community Members,

Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious. Worry is prominent on the faces of our family, friends, co-workers, and loved ones. Those feelings are pervasive in those who have experienced trauma. 

At Saratoga Center for the Family, it is our job to help ease this strain; and we continue to do so, one person at a time.

In response to COVID-19, we are modifying the way we do business to ensure that anyone who needs our help will get it. As doors everywhere continue to close, we want to be sure ours remain open. We are determined to continue to make mental health appointments safe, simple, and accessible.

Trauma, abuse, and family dysfunction doesn't stop because of a virus, and neither will we. 

However, like so many other organizations, we’ve had to cancel our March and April events, that includes our annual Power of Hope celebration and fundraisers. Those events are what make it possible for us to provide the critically important services to those who need it most.

We cannot continue to provide those services without your help.  

Thank you for support, always.  Please stay healthy - mentally and physically.

Sincerely,

Rebecca Baldwin, MSW

Executive Director
Saratoga Center for the Family