
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
Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS)
Integrated community supports that help children (under 21) and their families with emotional and behavioral health needs improve their health, well-being, and quality of life.
- Mental Health Services
- Emotional/Behavioral Supports
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Health & Substance Use Referrals
- 718.312.6829
- Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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- Family & Community Supports
Family Support Program – Bedford Stuyvesant
SCO partners with families throughout Bed-Stuy to prevent crises and enhance family well-being. We help families strengthen relationships and develop resources to solve problems.
- Parenting Support
- Family Crisis Prevention
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Youth & Family Resources
- 917-966-4608
- Brooklyn
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- Family & Community Supports
Family Support Program – Bushwick
SCO partners with families in Bushwick to prevent crises and enhance family well-being. We help families strengthen relationships and develop resources to solve problems.
- Parenting Support
- Family Crisis Prevention
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Youth & Family Resources
- 718.312.6850
- Brooklyn
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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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- Youth Justice
Juvenile Justice Initiative – Brooklyn
JJI works intensively with court-involved youth and their families in their homes throughout Brooklyn to help change delinquent behavior.
- Recidivism Reduction
- Educational Support
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- 718.674.8445
- Brooklyn
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- Foster Care
Residential Living for Youth in Foster Care
Group residences that provide a supportive home environment for youth in foster care who have multiple challenges including mental illness, substance abuse, alcoholism or delinquency. We also offer residential programs for young people who identify as LGBTQ as well as programs for youth with developmental disability and behavioral health conditions.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- LGBTQ Support
- Developmental Disability Supports
- 718.674.7700
- Brooklyn, Queens
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- 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
- 718.674.8320
- Brooklyn
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- Family & Community Supports
Trauma Systems Therapy (TST)
Trauma Systems Therapy is an intensive, evidence-based treatment model working with children ages 5-17 (5-18 in foster care) with severe trauma histories that impact their ability to regulate their emotions…
- Parenting Support
- Mental Health Services
- Emotional/Behavioral Supports
- Family Crisis Prevention
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- 917.966.4610
- Brooklyn