SCO News

SCO Family of Services Reaffirms Commitment to Safety, Achieves Praesidium Accreditation

August 23, 2024 / Uncategorized

Garden City, NY – SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of essential human services for more than 125 years, has once again been awarded Praesidium Accreditation® by Praesidium, the leader in abuse risk management. Praesidium Accreditation® is a prestigious honor that publicly demonstrates the organization has worked to achieve…

“Fill the Patrol Car” Fundraiser Benefits SCO Families

March 29, 2024 / Uncategorized

Graduating cadets from the Suffolk County Police Academy held a “Fill the Patrol Car” fundraiser at the North Babylon Fire Department on March 23rd where they filled an entire patrol car with 50 bags of donated items for SCO families. Each bag included clothing, toys, and variety of household items.

SCO Welcomes Garden of Dreams Foundation

March 23, 2023 / Uncategorized

We were thrilled to have longtime partner Garden of Dreams Foundation (GDF) visit several of our programs this week. Garden of Dreams’ Maggie Jacobs, Executive Director; Carla Downie, Senior Manager of Operations; and Beth Dukes, Senior Manager of Program Design and Implementation, toured our Westbrook Preparatory School,…

SCO’s Teresa Buckingham Wins DSP Excellence Award

November 29, 2022 / Uncategorized

Teresa Buckingham, Program Supervisor at SCO’s Deer Park Community Residence, received the Excellence Award at Community Care Rx’s 2nd Annual DSP & Support Staff Awards. Teresa was recognized for the tremendous work she does to help those in her care. Teresa oversees the Deer Park program, training and supervising staff…

SCO Supporters Donate Over 15,000 Holiday Gifts

December 22, 2021 / Uncategorized

Over 150 individuals, groups, organizations and companies donated more than 15,000 gifts to make the holidays special for over 5,000 children, youth, individuals and families throughout New York City and Long Island. Thank you for your generosity and for always being there for those in our care.

SCO Staff Receive ACS Excellence in Practice Awards

October 26, 2021 / Uncategorized

Congratulations to SCO Foster Care staff members Mark McCaskill and Ayain Mohamed on receiving NYC Administration for Children’s Services’ (ACS) Excellence in Practice Award! This honor recognizes their hard work, dedication and partnership in serving the children and families in our care. Ayain and Mark were nominated for the award…

News Overview

April 4, 2018 / Uncategorized

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CFL Appears on NBC’s Give Broadcast

October 28, 2017 / Uncategorized

Sunset Park, Brooklyn – Celebrity Chef Sunny Anderson & NBC’s Give visited CFL and thats when things really started cookin’! The segment aired Saturday, October 28th during NBC’s The More You Know on channel 4. They really surprised us, we hope you love the reveal as much as we do! A…

In Memoriam: Brentwood’s Heriberto “Pete” Torres

November 7, 2014 / Uncategorized

A message from Doug O’Dell to SCO staff, 11/6/14 We are mourning the sudden death Wednesday morning of Heriberto “Pete” Torres, a longtime, beloved maintenance worker known to many as “Everybody’s angel” at the Brentwood office in Long Island. We understand how upsetting and traumatic this is for staff who…