
Programs
For more than 125 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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- Housing & Shelters
Adult and Family Shelters
SCO operate homeless shelters throughout Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx that provide individuals and 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, Queens
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- Foster Care
Bethany Program
The Bethany Program consists of Group Residences that provide a supportive home environment for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- Pregnancy Support
- Parenting Support
- 718.574.6300
- Brooklyn
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- Housing & Shelters
Brooklyn Youth Center
Provides homeless and at-risk youth and their families with information and access to a variety of services and helps them find temporary housing.
- Housing Assistance
- Family Crisis Prevention
- Youth & Family Resources
- Food Insecurity
- Health & Substance Use Referrals
- 718.685.3850
- Brooklyn
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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Care Management
SCO helps manage and coordinate eligible children and young adults’ health care, behavioral health and service needs to make sure all needs are being met.
- Care Management
- Medical Services
- Mental Health Services
- Emotional/Behavioral Supports
- Youth & Family Resources
- 800.780.6510
- Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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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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- Foster Care
Enhanced Family Foster Care – Brooklyn
Enhanced Family Foster Care provides temporary homes for children throughout Brooklyn until they can be returned home. Therapeutic Family Foster Care provides a higher level of out-of-home family care for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges in foster care.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- 718.312.6400
- Brooklyn
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- Foster Care
Enhanced Family Foster Care – Long Island
Enhanced Family Foster Care provides temporary homes for children across Long Island until they can be returned home. Therapeutic Family Foster Care provides a higher level of out-of-home family care for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges in foster care.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- 631.639.3600
- Nassau, Suffolk
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- Foster Care
Enhanced Family Foster Care – Queens
Enhanced Family Foster Care provides temporary homes for children throughout Queens until they can be returned home. Therapeutic Family Foster Care provides a higher level of out-of-home family care for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges in foster care.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- 718.674.7700
- Queens
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- Foster Care
Family Foster Care – Education & Permanency Support Services
A program that helps children and families in foster care receive the assistance and services they need to achieve reunification and other permanency goals
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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- Early Childhood
FirstStepNYC
FirstStepNYC provides full-day, year-round childcare and education services for children 6 weeks through 5 years of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
- Early Childhood Education Centers
- 3K for All & Pre-K
- Child Care
- Pregnancy Support
- 929.234.6870
- Brooklyn