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

    • Early Childhood

    Early Head Start

    High-quality childcare and parenting support to pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers.

    • Pregnancy Support
    • Parenting Support
    • Child Care
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Family Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

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

    • Residential Programs
    • Early Childhood

    Family Child Care Networks – Queens

    In-home child care providers in East Elmhurst, Corona, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Rego Park, and Forest Hills offer families with infants, toddlers and preschoolers a full day, year-round program that fosters healthy development and learning.

    • Child Care
    • Early Childhood

    FirstStepNYC

    FirstStepNYC provides full-day, year-round childcare and education services for children 6 weeks through 5 years of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

    • Early Childhood Education Centers
    • 3K for All & Pre-K
    • Child Care
    • Pregnancy Support
    • 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
    • Early Childhood

    Jerome Hardeman Early Childhood Center

    SCO’s Early Childhood Center fosters children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development, giving all children the tools they need to succeed in school and meet their full potential.

    • Early Childhood Education Centers
    • 3K for All & Pre-K
    • Child Care
    • Early Childhood

    Long Island City Early Childhood Center

    SCO’s Early Childhood Center fosters children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development, giving all children the tools they need to succeed in school and meet their full potential.

    • Early Childhood Education Centers
    • 3K for All & Pre-K
    • Child Care
    • Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness

    Morning Star

    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

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youth who were at risk of dropping out graduated from our three transfer high schools in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx

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