
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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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Children’s Community Residences
These residences provide a supportive, home-like environment for adolescents who are ready for discharge from higher levels of care, but are not yet ready to return home
- Residential Programs
- Independent Living Skills
- Queens, Suffolk
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- Youth Justice
Close to Home Residences
Residences for adjudicated youth that provide intensive, wraparound services for both the youth and his/her family.
- Recidivism Reduction
- Residential Programs
- Educational Support
- Bronx
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- Early Childhood
Corona Early Childhood Center
The Corona UPK Center offers a year-round, full-day Pre-K program that focuses on healthy development and preparing children for success in school.
- Early Childhood Education Centers
- 3K for All & Pre-K
- 718.289.7730
- Queens
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- 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
- 631.643.8800
- Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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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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- 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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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- 718.779.1660
- Queens
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- 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
- 718.487.7070
- Queens