
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
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- Housing & Shelters
Brooklyn Youth Center
Provides homeless and at-risk youth and their families with information and access to a variety of services and helps them find temporary housing.
- Housing Assistance
- Family Crisis Prevention
- Youth & Family Resources
- Food Insecurity
- Health & Substance Use Referrals
- 718.685.3850
- Brooklyn
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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Community Outreach Service Center
Provides employment, entitlement assistance, and supportive services for SRO residents and other dual-diagnosed young adults in the community.
- Employment/Job Readiness
- 718.674.8078
- Queens
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- Housing & Shelters
Independence Inns
The Independence Inns provide shelter and support for homeless and runaway youth, including young moms with children, to help them become self-sufficient.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- Transitional Housing
- Residential Programs
- 718.685.3850
- Brooklyn, Queens
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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Morning Star – Women’s Residential Rehab
Our Morning Star residences provide women in recovery, including women with young children, with a safe, home-like environment focused on helping them develop a dependence free, self-supporting lifestyle.
- Parenting Support
- Child Care
- Residential Programs
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Youth & Family Resources
- Substance Use Recovery
- 631.213.0203
- Suffolk
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- Housing & Shelters
Scattered Site Supportive Housing Program
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
- Transitional Housing
- Housing Assistance
- 718.312.6736 or 718.312.6740
- Queens
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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Supported Single Room Occupancy Residence
Located on our Ottilie campus, the SRO residence provides extra support for young adult men and women with special needs who are not yet ready to transition to community-based living.
- Residential Programs
- 718.674.8078
- Queens
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- Housing & Shelters
Youth Workforce Initiative
The Youth Workforce Initiative (YWI) is a NYC career development program that prepares young adults, ages 16-24, for today’s professional landscape through a five-day, in-person job and career readiness workshop…
- Employment/Job Readiness
- 718.685.3850
- Brooklyn