
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
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
- 800.780.6510
- Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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- 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
- 929.234.6870
- Brooklyn
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- 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
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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
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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- Family & Community Supports
Family Treatment and Rehabilitation – Queens
Supportive services for families with a caregiver or child with substance abuse or mental health issues. Also known as intensive preventive services, FTR programs offer the same basic services offered by Family Counseling and Support Programs, but these services are modified and/or intensified to meet the family’s specific needs.
- Parenting Support
- Mental Health Services
- Family Crisis Prevention
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Youth & Family Resources
- Health & Substance Use Referrals
- 718.674.7720
- Queens
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- 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
- 929.234.6870
- Brooklyn
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- 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