Our mission is to promote, protect and enhance healthy living for all at every stage of life.
- Baby Item Initiatives (New in 2025)
- Community Baby Showers (also in partnership with Mom Starts Here)
- Back to School
- Coat Boutique
- VITA (tax preparation)
- Mass Food Distribution (separate from pantry numbers)
- Food Pantry
- Thanksgiving Meal Baskets
- Winter Wonderland
- Ride Coordination
- Housing Resource Navigation
- The Collaboratory
- Community Health Worker Initiatives
Baby Item Initiatives (New in 2025)
In 2025, we partnered with Mom Starts Here to launch the Baby Item Library, a unique and first-of-its-kind program, where bigger ticket items that are important but useful for a finite developmental window are loaned out to families (bassinets, baby swings, high chairs, etc). In addition, the Baby Item Network supplies monthly diapers and seasonal clothing to families who visit.
Community Baby Showers (also in partnership with Mom Starts Here)
Four events were held in 2025 with 137 families attending. Attendees received several packs of diapers and wipes, clothing, giveaways like bottles, toys, boppy products, infant tubs, and more. In addition, there were door prizes and resources from community partners like United Way of the Greater Capital Region/Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Bellevue, and Food as Medicine programs.
Back to School
School supply lists are reviewed and kids and families get to shop for the items they need for the first day of school. We hold two events, one for public schools and one for charter schools. In 2025 we provided 235 backpacks, up from 180 in 2024.
Coat Boutique
A shoppable boutique that provides coats and winter essentials at no cost to attendees. All are welcome to visit!
VITA (tax preparation)
We are proud to support the United Way of the Greater Capital Region’s free tax prep program. Last year, these programs brought more than $9 million back to our community. Below are Trinity Alliance’s efforts for tax year 2024.
Mass Food Distribution (separate from pantry numbers)
Once again we participated in a mass food distribution program April – October, with two pickup locations at 20 S. Ferry St. and 47 Lark St.
Food Pantry
In 2025, our food pantries served 3,000 more individuals than in 2024. That marked the fifth consecutive year of year-over-year increases in the number of individuals served, with 2025 being the largest annual increase to date. The SNAP crisis in October and November drove the increase of new guests to the pantry seeking emergency food.
Thanksgiving Meal Baskets
A special thank you to NBT Bank, Scene One Movieland in Schenectady, Scene One Spectrum 8 in Albany, and PCC Contracting for ensuring that
Winter Wonderland
Another shoppable event! Families pre-register and are able to shop for three toys and one clothing essential for each child.
Ride Coordination
Trinity Alliance realized that transportation can be a real barrier to accessing services so we created some unique solutions. Among those given passes, 116 were for transportation to work, 31 for apartment viewing, and 45 for job interviews.
When the bus isn’t an option, we book rides with Uber or Lyft to help our neighbors get where they need to go.
Housing Resource Navigation
Our goal is to ensure residents are able to remain stably housed and avoid evictions or displacements. Despite this position being vacant for the last five months of the year, we had 129 households enrolled in the program. Thirty agencies referred their clients to us.
The Collaboratory
Founded in 2018, the Collaboratory’s mission is to support the health of the community through collaboration, advocacy, education, and care delivery. Located in the Albany Housing Authority’s headquarters at 200 S. Pearl St. in the South End of Albany, the Collaboratory houses Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ (ACPHS) Public Health Pharmacy Team (PHPT) and Trinity Alliance’s community health worker (CHW) team.
