Programs

For more than 130 years, SCO has delivered programs and services to New York’s most under-resourced communities, offering long-term, life-changing results. Through our vast network of programs, we offer a continuum of care and services that gets young children off to a good start, launches youth into adulthood, stabilizes and strengthens families, and unlocks potential for children and adults with special needs.

All Programs

    • Early Childhood

    Corona Early Childhood Center

    The Corona UPK Center offers a year-round, full-day Pre-K program that focuses on healthy development and preparing children for success in school.

    • Early Childhood Education Centers
    • 3K for All & Pre-K
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Day Habilitation Programs

    Our Day Hab program offers adults with developmental disabilities a place where they can socialize, participate in community activities, and develop skills and interests. One-to-one activities are available for those who cannot function in a group setting.

    • Developmental Disability Supports
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Family Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

    Specially trained families provide support and guidance to individuals with a developmental disability in a structured, stable environment.

    • Residential Programs
    • Early Childhood

    Family Child Care Networks – Queens

    In-home child care providers in East Elmhurst, Corona, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Rego Park, and Forest Hills offer families with infants, toddlers and preschoolers a full day, year-round program that fosters healthy development and learning.

    • Child Care
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    In-Home Respite

    In-home respite worker provides relief to the families caring for someone with a developmental disability.

    • Developmental Disability Supports
    • Respite
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Individual Residential Alternatives (IRA)

    IRAs are homes and apartments of 10 or fewer residents that prepare adults with developmental disabilities to become productive members of their communities.

    • Residential Programs
    • Medical Services
    • Independent Living Skills
    • Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Intermediate Care Facilities

    ICFs are residences with 24-hour care for individuals with developmental disabilities that provide the highest level of care outside of a skilled nursing facility.

    • Residential Programs
    • Medical Services
    • Independent Living Skills
    • Queens
    • Early Childhood

    Jerome Hardeman Early Childhood 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.

    • Early Childhood Education Centers
    • 3K for All & Pre-K
    • Child Care
    • Early Childhood

    Long Island City Early Childhood 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.

    • Early Childhood Education Centers
    • 3K for All & Pre-K
    • Child Care
    • Education
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    The Christopher School

    A New York State certified special education school that provides a therapeutic and residential setting for children with developmental disabilities

    • Residential Programs
    • Special Education/Day Schools

We help

2,300

people with special needs develop skills to reach their full potential

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