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.

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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
    • Education

    North Queens Community Transfer High School

    A Transfer High School that provides intensive support to promote academic success among young people who are over age and under-credited

    • Alternative Education
    • Employment/Job Readiness
    • Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness

    Ottilie Residential Treatment Facility

    The Ottilie RTF provides adolescents and young adults with the most intensive residential mental health services available outside of a hospital.

    • Residential Programs
    • Medical Services
    • Mental Health Services
    • Emotional/Behavioral Supports
    • Employment/Job Readiness
    • Independent Living Skills
    • 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
    • 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
    • Youth Justice

    Young Adult Workforce Program

    This program provides integrated therapeutic, educational, vocational, and supportive services to young adults on Riker’s Island prior to and after release.

    • Recidivism Reduction
    • Educational Support
    • Employment/Job Readiness
    • Housing Assistance
    • Queens

85%

of young adults in foster care (18+) are currently working or enrolled in school

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