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

    • Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness

    Care Management

    SCO helps manage and coordinate eligible children and young adults’ health care, behavioral health and service needs to make sure all needs are being met.

    • Care Management
    • Medical Services
    • Mental Health Services
    • Emotional/Behavioral Supports
    • Youth & Family Resources
    • 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
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Family Care

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

    • Residential Programs
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

We inspire

11,200

children and teens through academic, after-school, summer and work readiness programs

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