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

    • Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness

    Morning Star

    Our Morning Star residences provide women in recovery, including women with young children, with a safe, home-like environment focused on helping them develop a dependence free, self-supporting lifestyle.

    • Parenting Support
    • Child Care
    • Residential Programs
    • Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
    • Youth & Family Resources
    • Substance Use Recovery
    • Early Childhood

    Nurse-Family Partnership

    Registered Nurses provide in-home visits for first time mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday.

    • Pregnancy Support
    • Parenting Support
    • 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
    • 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
    • Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness

    SCO Clinic – Substance Use Disorder Clinic

    An outpatient substance use clinic providing trauma-informed care for women, adolescents, and men.

    • Medical Services
    • Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
    • Substance Use Recovery
    • Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

    Supportive Individual Residential Alternatives

    Supportive IRAs are one or two bed residences for high functioning adults with developmental disabilities who do not require 24-hour supervision.

    • Residential Programs
    • Medical Services
    • Independent Living Skills
    • Nassau, Suffolk
    • Family & Community Supports

    Trauma Systems Therapy (TST)

    Trauma Systems Therapy is an intensive, evidence-based treatment model working with children ages 5-17 (5-18 in foster care) with severe trauma histories that impact their ability to regulate their emotions…

    • Parenting Support
    • Mental Health Services
    • Emotional/Behavioral Supports
    • Family Crisis Prevention
    • Family/Parent/Individual Counseling

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10,400

youth to academic success and work readiness

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