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

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Education
    • Family & Community Supports

    SCO Beacon at MS 35

    After school, summer camp, and community programming are offered at SCO’s Beacon Center at MS 35. Activities include academic enrichment, homework assistance, and weekly instruction in creative/visual arts, performing arts, STEM, literacy, and recreation.

    • After School/Summer Camp
    • Community Center

We serve

900

children and youth in foster care

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