
Family & Community Services

With deep roots in the neighborhoods we serve, we help build strong families and vibrant communities. Using a person-centered approach, we focus on the entire family’s needs – providing access to counseling; community centers; and literacy, after school, and employment services that support family life. We shelter families who are homeless and help those who are in crisis to keep children safe. When children, youth and adults with special needs are unable to remain at home, we provide caring, family-like settings.
And through strategic partnerships with community organizations, government agencies, and private foundations we are bringing resources and opportunity to communities where it is most needed.
Scattered Site Supportive Housing Program
Foster Care Homeless Services Transitional Housing
A program for young adults formerly in foster care, ages 18-25, that provides housing and case management support while young adults transition from foster care to independence 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
Women’s Shelters
Homeless Services
Madonna Heights provides emergency housing on Long Island for women experiencing homelessness, including women with children. Read More
Adult and Family Shelters
Homeless Services
SCO operate homeless shelters throughout Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx that provide individuals and families a safe place to stay. Read More

We shelter
4,600
youth, adults and children

87%
of young adults in foster care (18+) are enrolled in school or working