Provides services for women with legal issues or leaving incarceration.  We offer case management, a weekly support group and help with basic needs to aid reintergration into the community.  We also work with the courts to deter incarceration.

Motivated by the Gospel mandate to love our neighbor and to care for our brothers and sisters, the Roarke Center aims to enhance the lives of the people of Rensselaer County.  Sponsored by Catholic Charities and inspired by a mission of service, the center offers its members crisis intervention and on-going direct service and engages in advocacy and collaborationwith other providers.

Hours of Operation:

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Mission Statement: Catholic Charities, a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, is committed to active witness on behalf of the Scriptural values of mercy and justice. Catholic Charities, recognizing human need at all stages of life, responds to all persons regardless of race, creed, or lifestyle, with special emphasis on the economically poor and the vulnerable. Catholic Charities serves and empowers persons in need, advocates for a just society, calls forth and collaborates with women and men of good will in fulfillment of its mission.