
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
Family Shelters
SCO operate homeless shelters in Brooklyn and the Bronx that provide families a safe place to stay.
- Housing Assistance
- Homeless Shelters
- Residential Programs
- Youth & Family Resources
- Medical Services
- Mental Health Services
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- 917.538.6061
- Bronx, Brooklyn
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- Family & Community Supports
Fatherhood Program
A support program that helps fathers reconnect with their children and develop essential parenting skills.
- Parenting Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Domestic Violence Prevention
- 347.554.0076
- Brooklyn
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- 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
- 631.738.9034
- Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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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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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Planned Crisis Respite
This program provides out-of-home respite services for families coping with children who have a serious emotional disturbance
- Respite
- Emotional/Behavioral Supports
- 718.674.8487
- Queens
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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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- 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