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SCO “College Shower” Prepares Brownsville Youth for College Life
August 23, 2018 / SCO News
Brooklyn, NY SCO Family of Services hosted a “College Shower” at The Gregory Jackson Center for Brownsville on August 4th for college bound freshmen from Brownsville and neighboring communities. SCO partnered with Community Solutions to provide each student a free college pack filled with essential school and dorm supplies, teach…
Read MoreSCO Receives Rave Reviews from COA
August 1, 2018 / SCO News
Glen Cove, NY The Council on Accreditation just finished up their re-accreditation review of SCO, a process that occurs every four years. A team of eight peer reviewers spent four days reviewing case records, interviewing staff at all levels and observing our settings and our work. In all, they visited…
Read MoreSCO Residential Treatment Facility Receives $600,000 Grant
August 1, 2018 / Madonna Heights News
Dix Hills, NY SCO was awarded a 3-year, $600,000 contract from the NYS Office of Mental Health to enhance services at our Madonna Heights Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) that provides intensive residential mental health services for adolescent girls. The goal of the pilot is to reduce the amount of time…
Read MoreSCO’s Laurel Salmon Receives AFTA Award
August 1, 2018 / SCO News
Bronx, NY We’re so proud of Laurel Salmon, Program Director of our Courtlandt Avenue Clinic in the Bronx, on receiving American Family Therapy Academy’s (AFTA) Early Career Award! Laurel was recognized for her outstanding achievement and potential and was presented with her award at AFTA’s annual conference. Laurel’s award…
Read MoreCongratulations, C.H.A.M.P.s!
August 1, 2018 / SCO News
Glen Cove, NY Congratulations Darlene Ellison and Teresa Buckingham – SCO’s Spring 2018 C.H.A.M.P. winners! Darlene, a Caseworker in our Queens West Foster Care program, has been with SCO since 2012. Teresa, a Campus Supervisor at our Madonna Heights Group Residence, has been working with us since 1995. Both women were…
Read MoreSCO Fathers’ Program Named Fatherhood Program of the Year
July 18, 2018 / SCO News
Brooklyn, NY Congratulations to our Fathers’ Program on being named Department of Youth and Community Development’s Fatherhood Initiative Program of the Year! The program helps fathers reconnect with their children and develop essential parenting skills through classes, workshops, and support groups — plus special events for the…
Read MoreClose to Home Youth Get Cookin’
July 18, 2018 / SCO News
Queens, NY Bruschetta and Chicken Satay were among the culinary delights prepared by the young men in our Queens Close to Home program at a tasting they organized for family and staff. It was a celebration of the cooking talents they had honed in their weekly culinary…
Read MoreComics Come to Life
July 18, 2018 / SCO News
Queens, NY Renowned comic book artist Agnes Garbowska stopped by our Theresa Paplin Comic Book Club to visit our young people. Agnes has illustrated for some of the top comic book publishers and is currently working on the bestselling “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” comic…
Read MoreTrip to D.C. Inspires Fathers’ Program Dads
July 18, 2018 / SCO News
Brooklyn, NY On a recent trip to the African American History Museum in Washington D.C., dads in SCO’s Fathers’ Program along with their families and staff, learned about slavery, Jim Crow, and the many contributions that African Americans have made to American society. The visit underscored…
Read MoreVibe Comes to C2H
July 18, 2018 / SCO News
Queens, NY Datwon Thomas, executive editor of Vibe Magazine, came to speak with the young people at our Close to Home residence in Queens. They discussed different genres of music and he shared his trials and tribulations of everything from being an intern to starting his own…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Expands Morning Star II: A Residential Recovery Program for Women with Young Children in Suffolk County
July 17, 2018 / SCO News
Dix Hills, NY – Today, SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of social services, health care and mental health services to vulnerable populations, opened an expansion to its successful Morning Star II residential recovery program that will allow mothers recovering from substance and opioid abuse to live with their…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Raises Record $89,000 at 38th Annual Madonna Heights Golf Classic
June 18, 2018 / Independent Youth News
Dix Hills, NY Friends of SCO Family of Services’ Madonna Heights programs teed up June 7th for the 38th Annual Madonna Heights Golf Classic at the Woodside Club in Muttontown, Long Island, raising a record $89,000 to support the vital work of Madonna Heights to teach, strengthen and…
Read MoreSCO Family of Services Continues to Strengthen Management Team to Further Improve Outcomes for New Yorkers in Need
June 11, 2018 / SCO News
Jennifer Outlaw Appointed Chief Program Officer; Stephen Mack Promoted to Chief Financial and Administrative Officer; Madeline Martinez Promoted to Chief of Staff Glen Cove, NY SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of essential human services for over 100 years, today announced the appointments of three senior executives to further…
Read MoreWestbrook Students Take on DC
June 8, 2018 / SCO News
Students at SCO’s Westbrook Preparatory School headed down to Washington DC for a hands-on civics lesson in June. The students, parents, and staff spent 2 days in the nation’s capital soaking up history and experiencing democracy in action. The students visited with Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and Congressman Lee Zeldin…
Read MoreFoster Care Youth Sharpen Skills On and Off the Court
June 5, 2018 / Independent Youth News
Queens, NY Young men in our family foster care and residential programs honed their court skills recently at a basketball clinic hosted at our Ottilie gym and run by current and former professional basketball players. There was a mentorship component as well as players and youth shared past experiences and…
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Last year,
94%
of children in our early education centers met or exceeded goals for social-emotional development
82%
of students at our residential school for youth with high-functioning autism are actively involved in weekly internships in the community