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

    • Education

    SCO at PS 5

    After school and summer program for elementary school students at PS 5 and neighborhood schools, includes academic enrichment, homework assistance, youth development, and weekly instruction in creative/visual arts, performing arts, STEM, literacy, and recreation

    • After School/Summer Camp
    • Education
    • Family & Community Supports

    SCO Beacon at MS 35

    After school, summer camp, and community programming are offered at SCO’s Beacon Center at MS 35. Activities include academic enrichment, homework assistance, and weekly instruction in creative/visual arts, performing arts, STEM, literacy, and recreation.

    • After School/Summer Camp
    • Community Center
    • Foster Care

    SCO LGBTQ+ Peer Support Group

    Who: Any SCO youth in foster care 13+ who identifies as LGBTQAI+ What: The LGBTQ+ Support Group is a peer youth group for SCO’s youth in foster care…

    • LGBTQ Support
    • Brooklyn
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Supportive Individual Residential Alternatives

    Supportive IRAs are one or two bed residences for high functioning adults with developmental disabilities who do not require 24-hour supervision.

    • Residential Programs
    • Medical Services
    • Independent Living Skills
    • Nassau, Suffolk
    • 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
    • Education

    Theresa Paplin School

    A New York State certified special education school that serves adolescents and young adults who live at our Ottilie Residential Treatment Facility or are referred by their school districts.

    • Special Education/Day Schools
    • Education

    Tyree Learning Center

    A New York State certified special education school for the children and adolescents with developmental disabilities who reside at The Robert J. McMahon Children’s Center.

    • Special Education/Day Schools

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youth currently in or recently discharged from foster care are receiving coaching through Fair Futures

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