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

    • Early Childhood

    Family Child Care Networks – Queens

    In-home child care providers in East Elmhurst, Corona, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Rego Park, and Forest Hills offer families with infants, toddlers and preschoolers a full day, year-round program that fosters healthy development and learning.

    • Child Care
    • 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
    • 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
    • Youth Justice

    Juvenile Justice Initiative – Queens

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

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

100%

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

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