Appropriations Request

Bethesda House / Liberty House

Amount Requested: $250,000

418 Liberty St.
Schenectady, New York 12305

Project Recipient: Bethesda House of Schenectady, NY

Bethesda House is building a new facility at 834-838 State St. that will house all of the agency’s current Day Shelter programs AND create sixteen new permanent supportive housing program apartments for disabled chronically homeless adults. The addition of these units to the ten existing units Bethesda House operates for this population will virtually end chronic homelessness in Schenectady.

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