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

    • Family & Community Supports

    Bethany Food Pantry

    Our Brooklyn food pantry distributes emergency supplies of groceries to help provide individuals and families in need through a time of crisis.

    • Food Insecurity
    • 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
    • Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness

    Children’s Community Residences

    These residences provide a supportive, home-like environment for adolescents who are ready for discharge from higher levels of care, but are not yet ready to return home

    • Residential Programs
    • Independent Living Skills
    • Queens, Suffolk
    • Youth Justice

    Close to Home Residences

    Residences for adjudicated youth that provide intensive, wraparound services for both the youth and his/her family.

    • Recidivism Reduction
    • Residential Programs
    • Educational Support
    • Bronx
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Community Habilitation

    The Community Habilitation program teaches children and adults who are living at home daily living skills and gives them the opportunity to participate in activities that foster independence and will allow them to live in the community successfully.

    • Developmental Disability Supports
    • Independent Living Skills
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Day Habilitation Programs

    Our Day Hab program offers adults with developmental disabilities a place where they can socialize, participate in community activities, and develop skills and interests. One-to-one activities are available for those who cannot function in a group setting.

    • Developmental Disability Supports
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Drop-In Lounge for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

    The Drop-In Lounge is an exciting social opportunity for members to meet new friends and explore art, music, games, and more. The Drop-In Lounge is ideal for adults who can participate with minimal supervision. Members can partake in organized activities, or if they prefer, just relax and socialize.

    • Developmental Disability Supports
    • Suffolk
    • 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
    • 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

We shelter

2,000

youth, adults and children experiencing homelessness

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