Press Releases – St. Catherine's Center for Children

Save Lives and Taxpayer Dollars with One Stroke of the Pen, Increase State Funding for Health Home Care Management

April 2, 2025

With State budget negotiations ongoing, now is the time to address the lack of funding for Health Home Care Management programs throughout New York. It has been years since the State approved an increase in funding for these essential programs, but what are they?

Health Home Care Management programs, like the one at St. Catherine’s Center for Children, work to improve the health and well-being of Medicaid-eligible children and families dealing with chronic health issues. When issues like asthma, diabetes, a mental health diagnosis, developmental or neurological conditions or complex traumas go untreated for years, it creates larger issues that often result in costly emergency room visits and inpatient hospitalizations.

Casino Royale Fundraiser to Benefit Capital Region Programs and Services

March 24, 2025

ALBANY, N.Y. – Today, St. Catherine’s Center for Children – a leading, regional human services agency – announced the return of its annual Casino Royale fundraiser, a Capital Region favorite. The casino-themed event will be held on Thursday, May 29 at Franklin Plaza in Troy. All proceeds from the event will benefit St. Catherine’s programs which serve children, families, and adults in need in more than 20 counties.

St. Catherine’s Center for Children, Albany FireWolves Announce Three-Year Partnership

November 22, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – Today, St. Catherine’s Center for Children and the Albany FireWolves, the Capital Region’s professional box lacrosse franchise, announced that they have officially entered into a three-year partnership. Since their arrival in Albany, the FireWolves have made it a point of emphasis to engage with local non-profits, schools and other community organizations to support the mission of those groups while spreading the game of lacrosse to those who have not had the opportunity to experience it.

St. Catherine’s Joins with CARES of NY, Albany County, City of Albany to Launch Albany Navigates

October 28, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – Today, a joint press conference was held at the Albany Public Library, on Washington Ave., to announce the public launch of the Albany Navigates Health & Housing program – a joint effort between host program CARES of NY, Inc., St. Catherine’s Center for Children, Albany County, the City of Albany, the Homeless and Travelers Aid Society and Joseph’s House & Shelter. The program, which officially started in June of this year, aims to address the growing issue of homelessness and adjacent issues in Albany County by bringing together organizations already working to end housing insecurity and combining their efforts. Albany County and the City of Albany are funding the program by investing $1.8 million over three years.

Albany County Awards $150K Grant to Support St. Catherine’s Pathways Program

September 19, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently awarded a $150,000 American Recovery Plan Act grant from the Albany County Community Development Grant Program to support the agency’s Pathways to Health & Housing, a street outreach program serving at-risk people who typically do not have access to or seek primary and behavioral healthcare services on their own.

St. Catherine’s to Host Elvis Tribute Concert at Albany’s The Egg

August 1, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children, a Capital Region-based, comprehensive human services organization, announced today that it will host an Elvis tribute concert, “Elvis: Good Rockin’ Tonight” at 7 PM on November 16, 2024, at The Egg in downtown Albany. The show, which will be held in Hart Theater, will star David Lee, one of the nation’s pre-eminent Elvis tribute artists, and feature Dan Fontaine, one of New England’s premier Elvis tribute artists, and his Memphis Sun Mafia band. Tickets are already on sale through The Egg’s website.

St. Catherine’s Awarded $20,000 KeyBank Grant to Support Award-winning Kinship Care Program

July 24, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – Recently, the KeyBank Foundation announced that St. Catherine’s Center for Children is the recipient of a $20,000 grant to support the continued work of its award-winning Kinship Care program and aid local low- to moderate-income families. The program provides kinship families with resources and programming to help them thrive. Kinship is a subset of foster care in which family members or close family friends assume the responsibility for and care of a child that has been removed from their biological parents, as an alternative to traditional foster care placement.

Albany County Bar Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to St. Catherine’s

April 22, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Albany County Bar Foundation to support St. Catherine’s Access and Visitation program. This program – one of many under St. Catherine’s Family Services umbrella – offers supervised visitation in a safe and supportive space for a non-custodial parent to visit with their child.

St. Catherine’s Earns Reaccreditation: Affirming Excellence in Human Services

March 13, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children, a Capital Region-based, comprehensive human services organization, recently achieved reaccreditation with the Council on Accreditation. St. Catherine’s completed a nearly year-long internal review process which culminated in an independent and objective verification against standards of best practice. This review assessed every program, department and process within the Agency to ensure complete compliance with COA standards.

$25,000 ARPA Grant from City of Kingston Supports St. Catherine’s Foster Care & Kinship Programs

February 29, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently awarded a $25,000 American Rescue Plan Act grant from the City of Kingston Nonprofit Services program to support the agency’s Foster Care and Kinship Care programs which serve children removed from parental care in a therapeutic home setting in the Hudson Valley. This grant also supports the recruitment and retention of foster families and provides respite services and more for kinship families.unity, including continued recruitment and training of foster families, identifying and supporting kinship families and promoting available services.