SCO News
CFL Participates in Children’s Bureau Foster Care Video Series
April 17, 2019 / Center for Family LIfe News
Check out Center for Family Life’s feature in the Foster Care as a Support to Families, Not a Substitute for Parents video series. Developed by the Children’s Bureau’s Capacity Building Center for States, the following videos illustrate the importance of building supportive relationships in the community and encouraging birth and…
Read MoreCFL’s Celebrating Community Event
March 29, 2019 / Center for Family LIfe News
Center for Family Life invites you to join us for our annual Celebrating Community event at the Dirty Precious Cocktail Bar in Brooklyn on May 20th. Date: Monday, May 20, 2019 Time: 6-8 PM Place: Dirty Precious Cocktail Bar, 317 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn Honoring: Welcome to the…
Read MoreCenter for Family Life’s 13th Annual Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium
March 22, 2019 / Center for Family LIfe News
Held on Wednesday, March 6th at Recess in Brooklyn, Center for Family Life hosted their 13th Annual Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium. The Symposium engaged service providers and advocates in a conversation about Sanctuary Families: Using Popular Education as a Social Justice Tool. This event featured the unveiling…
Read MoreCFL Hosts Celebrating Community Event
May 24, 2018 / Center for Family LIfe News
Sunset Park, Brooklyn –…
Read MoreCFL Hosts 12th Annual Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium
February 14, 2018 / Center for Family LIfe News
Sunset Park, Brooklyn – Sanctuary Families: Preparing and Protecting Our Immigrant Neighbors was the topic at Center for Family Life’s 12th Annual Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium February 14th. A standing room only crowd was on hand at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies in Manhattan for this important discussion on…
Read MoreCFL Participates in Immigrant Advocacy Event
November 19, 2017 / Center for Family LIfe News
Sunset Park, Brooklyn – The Congregation Beth Elohim Refugee Task Force in partnership with the Community Bookstore staged Undocumented. Unaccompanied. Unwelcome., an immigrant advocacy event, in the Sanctuary Building at the Synagogue at 274 Garfield Place in Park Slope on November 19, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Valeria Luiselli, author of Tell…
Read MoreCongratulations, Graduates!
July 7, 2017 / Independent Youth News
June 30, 2017 - Glen Cove, NY - Graduations, Award Ceremonies, End-of-Year Performances…there was much to celebrate at SCO as the school year came to a close! Here are a few highlights:
Read MoreCenter for Family Life Symposium – Cultivating Consciousness
February 22, 2017 / SCO News
February 22, 2017 - Brooklyn, NY Our Center for Family program hosted the 11th Annual Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium - Cultivating Consciousness: Infusing Our Work with Social Justice,
Read MoreNYC Worker Cooperative Development Initiative
October 17, 2016 / SCO News
Brooklyn, NY – The Center for Family Life’s Cooperative Development Program (CDP) has been incubating worker cooperatives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn for the past ten years. We have seen how our work has helped empower our community by supporting cooperative members in their quest for fair wages and dignified…
Read MoreANNOUNCEMENT: NYC Worker Cooperative Development Initiative
March 17, 2016 / Center for Family LIfe News
The Center for Family Life’s Cooperative Development Program (CDP) has been incubating worker cooperatives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn for the past ten years. We have seen how our work has helped empower our community by supporting cooperative members in their quest for fair wages and dignified employment…
Read MoreFree Income Tax Support & Preparation Services at CFL
March 17, 2016 / Center for Family LIfe News
Center for Family Life has partnered with Food Bank for New York City to offer free income tax support and preparation through April 15th! Visit us for 100% FREE tax filing and financial support: Center for Family Life 443 39th Street, 1ST fl., Brooklyn, NY 11232 Office Schedule…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services: Building a Brighter Future
January 6, 2016 / Independent Youth News
Each year, SCO Family of Services helps nearly 60,000 vulnerable New Yorkers build a strong foundation for the future. Here are just three examples of the unconditional care and life-changing results SCO brings to all of the lives we touch.
Read MoreANNOUNCEMENT: NYC Worker Cooperative Development Initiative
November 4, 2015 / SCO News
The Center for Family Life’s Cooperative Development Program (CDP) has been incubating worker cooperatives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn for the past nine years. We have seen how our work has helped empower our community by supporting cooperative members in their quest for fair wages and dignified employment through their cooperative…
Read More“Making the Connection: Economic Stability & Child Welfare” at our Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium
November 4, 2015 / SCO News
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Center for Family Life’s 2015 Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium for an important discussion on Making the Connection between Economic Stability and Child Welfare. Special thanks to Keynote Speaker Jennifer March of Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Moderator Jennifer Jones-Austin…
Read MoreCENTER FOR FAMILY LIFE IN SUNSET PARK 10th Annual Sister Mary Geraldine Symposium
August 12, 2015 / SCO News
Please join us for a dialogue on the role that economic stability and workforce engagement plays in the lives and futures of families in the child welfare system. The conversation will feature policy makers from several of the City's key workforce development funders, as well as policy makers and advisors from key child welfare service providers. We look forward to including your voice in this discussion. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 9AM - 12NOON FEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES 40 Broad Street, 5th Floor, NYC
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Last year,
97%
of children in our early education centers met or exceeded national literacy performance standards
96%
of 12th graders in SCO's Family Foster Care program graduated high school, with 65% enrolled in post-secondary education