
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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- Foster Care
Bethany Program
The Bethany Program is a Group Residence that provides a supportive home environment for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- Pregnancy Support
- Parenting Support
- 718.574.6300
- Brooklyn
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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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- 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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- 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
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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- Foster Care
LGBTQ Residential Program
We offer the only residential program in New York City for young people in care who identify as LGBTQ. Our programs provide 24-hour care in a uniquely affirming and healing…
- LGBTQ Support
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- Brooklyn, Queens
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- Early Childhood
Nurse-Family Partnership
Registered Nurses provide in-home visits for first time mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday.
- Pregnancy Support
- Parenting Support
- 718.257.7208
- Brooklyn
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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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- 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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- Foster Care
SCO LGBTQ+ Peer Support Group
Who: Any SCO youth in foster care 13+ who identifies as LGBTQAI+ What: The LGBTQ+ Support Group is a peer youth group for SCO’s youth in foster care…
- LGBTQ Support
- Brooklyn