A Vibrant Brownsville
Programs
United for Brownsville
Community Partnerships
A collective impact project incubated by SCO and Community Solutions to improve outcomes for 0-3 year olds and their families by leveraging existing facilities, resources and services. Read More
Fathers’ Program
Support for Fathers Counseling & Support
A support program that helps fathers reconnect with their children and develop essential parenting skills. Read More
Early Head Start
Home Visiting
High quality childcare and parenting support to pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. Read More
FirstStepNYC
Early Childhood Education Center
FirstStepNYC provides full day, year-round childcare and education services for children 6 weeks through 5 years of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Read More
Morris Koppelman Early Childhood Center
Early Childhood Education Center
SCO’s Early Childhood Center fosters children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development, giving all children the tools they need to succeed in school and meet their full potential. Read More
Nurse-Family Partnership
Home Visiting
Registered Nurses provide in-home visits for first time mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday. Read More
ParentChild+
Home Visiting
Trained SCO staff visit families twice a week, facilitating play, reading activities and early literacy for parents and children. Read More
SCO at PS/IS 41
After-school After-School
After school services for elementary and middle school students and summer camp for middle schoolers, includes academic enrichment, homework assistance, youth development, and weekly instruction in creative/visual arts, performing arts, STEM, literacy, and recreation. Read More
Care Management
Health Home
SCO helps manage and coordinate eligible children and young adults’ health care, behavioral health and service needs to make sure all needs are being met. Read More
East Brooklyn Community High School
Transfer High Schools Community School
A Transfer High School that provides intensive support to promote academic success among young people who are over age and under-credited Read More
Family Foster Care – Brooklyn
Foster Care
Family Foster Care provides temporary homes for children throughout Brooklyn until they can be returned home. Therapeutic Family Foster Care provides a higher level of out-of-home family care for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges in foster care. Read More
Family Foster Care – Education & Permanency Support Services
Foster Care
A program that helps children and families in foster care receive the assistance and services they need to achieve reunification and other permanency goals Read More
Residential Living for Youth in Foster Care
Residential Foster Care
Group residences that provide a supportive home environment for youth in foster care who have multiple challenges including mental illness, substance abuse, alcoholism or delinquency. We also offer residential programs for young people who identify as LGBTQ as well as programs for youth with developmental disability and behavioral health conditions. Read More
Independence Inns
Homeless Services Transitional Housing
The Independence Inns provide shelter and support for homeless and runaway youth, including young moms with children, to help them become self-sufficient. Read More
93%
of adults with developmental disabilities living in SCO’s IRAs (group homes) made meaningful connections by participating in community inclusion activities
95%
of women in our residential recovery program remained substance free