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SCO to Launch “Recovery Lab” Youth Workshop
September 28, 2020 / SCO News
SCO Family of Services is excited to launch a new youth development program for middle and high school students. Recovery Lab Youth Workshop brings 50 participants, ages 12-18, from Brooklyn and Queens together twice a week for remote activities. The program will support participants’ social-emotional and leadership skills development while…
Read MoreSCO President & CEO Keith Little Panelist in FPWA Anti-Racism Event
September 28, 2020 / SCO News
Keith Little, SCO Family of Services President & CEO, joined a distinguished group of panelists in FPWA’s virtual event, Power Shift: Casting off racism to create transformative change. Human services staff, leaders, and board members, philanthropic individuals and organizations, government staff and leaders, and policy influencers tuned in to hear…
Read MoreGarden of Dreams’ Jump Rope Donation Good for Body & Soul
August 31, 2020 / SCO News
Thanks to a grant from longtime partner Garden of Dreams, SCO was able to purchase more than 800 jump ropes for children, families and individuals with special needs in dozens of our programs throughout New York City and Long Island to help them stay active during the pandemic. Many of…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Receives Massive Burlington Stores Merchandise Donation to Distribute to New York Families
August 26, 2020 / SCO News
Featured on Good Day New York’s Hero of the Day. SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of essential human services in communities throughout New York City and Long Island, has received a large donation of merchandise from Burlington Stores to distribute to thousands of client…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Partners with NYC Health + Hospitals to Lead Community Outreach Promoting COVID-19 Awareness and Testing
August 25, 2020 / SCO News
SCO Family of Services is taking on a new role in the communities we serve to help stop …
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Partners with NYC to #FIGHTCOVIDNYC – Get a FREE COVID-19 Test
August 13, 2020 / SCO News
SCO Family of Services is partnering with NYC Test & Trace Corps to fight COVID-19 so that New Yorkers can get back to school, work, and help New York City reopen safely. SCO Family of Services helps 60,000 New Yorkers each year to get children off…
Read MoreResource of the Week – Good Calculators
August 11, 2020 / SCO News
Good Calculators is providing a variety of free online calculators, to do math and statistics, engineering and conversions. …
Read MoreMarching for PRIDE at Madonna Heights
July 24, 2020 / Madonna Heights News
June was PRIDE month and SCO’s Madonna Heights program for women and girls wanted to show its support for equality and the LGBTQ community. Clients and staff from Madonna Heights’ Residential Treatment Facility and Group Residence made beautiful posters to show their PRIDE. Flyers and PRIDE flags were displayed around…
Read MoreWendy’s Wonderful Kids® Grant Helps SCO Find Forever Families for Children in Foster Care
July 22, 2020 / SCO News
SCO Family of Services was awarded a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids renewal grant of $126,000 from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption—the fourth year of SCO’s participation in the program. This grant will be used to continue to implement the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Child-Focused Recruitment Model. At SCO Family of Services,…
Read MoreUnited for Brownsville Partners with Riverdale Avenue Community School and Brighter Bites to Establish Brownsville Community Food & PPE Distribution
July 22, 2020 / SCO News
United for Brownsville (UB) has partnered with Riverdale Avenue Community School and Brighter Bites to organize fresh produce and PPE distribution for approximately 600 families a week in Brownsville, Brooklyn. There are no requirements for recipients, whoever asks for help is welcome to receive goods. UB Family Advisory Board members…
Read MoreMask Donation to SCO Family of Services
July 17, 2020 / SCO News
Perry Cyprus, a Registered Dietician and Nutrition Professional from Diet Delights donated masks to SCO Family of Services. The masks were made with the SCO logo on it and distributed to staff and clinicians to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Every year, Mr. Cyprus donates a bunch of prizes…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Celebrates Graduates in Foster Care Program with Surprise Guests
July 10, 2020 / SCO News
Congratulations to the 151 graduates in our Foster Care program! This year, our Foster Care program celebrated graduates from pre-k, kindergarten, middle school, high school, and college. There were three graduation celebrations and graduation parades led by Stephen Hanmer, Director of Education and Permanency Support at SCO Family of…
Read MoreSCO Students to Participate in Garden of Dreams’ STEM & Robotics Summer Workshop
June 30, 2020 / SCO News
Five teens from SCO will be participating in an exciting four-week summer STEM program thanks to Garden of Dreams. Teen Academy STEM & Robotics will give youth hands-on experience exploring STEM related fields. Participants will be given an at-home assignment to be completed prior to each live Zoom session class.
Read MoreSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES HOSTS “AT HOME WITH SCO” – A VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF FRONTLINE STAFF
June 25, 2020 / SCO News
(Glen Cove) SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of essential human services in communities throughout New York City and Long Island, held a special virtual event, “At Home with SCO,” on June 11th to share the incredible stories of resilience and hope happening each day on the frontlines at…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services and The Jewish Board Join Forces for Cross-Racial Dialogue
June 24, 2020 / SCO News
On June 12th, more than 600 colleagues from SCO Family of Services and The Jewish Board joined forces for a Cross-Racial Dialogue, “Strength in Numbers: Collaborating for Health Equity in Response to COVID-19.” The two agencies got together to create a dialogue on racial health inequity and discuss how they…
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91%
of women in our residential recovery program remained substance free
98%
of the young adults in our Scattered Site Supportive Housing program were gainfully employed, engaged in school, or both