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

    In-Home Respite

    In-home respite worker provides relief to the families caring for someone with a developmental disability.

    • Developmental Disability Supports
    • Respite
    • Youth Justice

    Juvenile Justice Initiative – Brooklyn

    JJI works intensively with court-involved youth and their families in their homes throughout Brooklyn to help change delinquent behavior.

    • Recidivism Reduction
    • Educational Support
    • Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
    • 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

100%

of students in our Early Childhood Education Centers met or exceeded age-level goals in literacy and math.

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