About Opportunities for Otsego

Founded in 1966, Opportunities for Otsego helps alleviate poverty and fosters self-sufficiency through comprehensive and holistic client-centered services. The Agency focuses its attention on specific problems affecting the community, mobilizes resources, and creates solutions to unlock opportunities for low-income individuals and disenfranchised families.

Agency Mission

The leader in developing innovative solutions that promote healthy lives, thriving families, and caring communities.

Agency Vision

Our preferred future is a community that strives to alleviate poverty through collaborations that foster economic stability and social justice.

Upcoming Events

05.03.2025 - Building Healthy Families 11th Annual Community Baby Shower: This free event offers everything you want to know from pregnancy, birth, breast feeding & beyond. Festivities will again be held at The Southside Mall in Oneonta from 10AM-2PM. View our eventy page for details and vendor registration.

05.26.2025 - Closed: Agency offices will be closed in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The Emergency Housing and VIP 24-hour shelters and hotlines will still be accessible to those in need.

05.30.2025 - Closed: Agency offices and outreach sites will be closed for an all-staff event. The Emergency Housing and VIP 24-hour shelters and hotlines will still be accessible to those in need.

05.31.2025 - Head Start Spring Carnival: This free community event is being held from 10AM-1PM at the Oneonta Boys & Girls Club in Oneonta and is generously sponsored by Casella Waste Systems. Visit our Facebook Event for up-to-date details.

This website is supported by Grant Number C1002760 from the Office of Community Services and Grant Number 02CH013070 from the Office of Head Start both within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families, the Office of Community Services, and the Office of Head Start.