
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
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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
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- Housing & Shelters
Independence Inns
The Independence Inns provide shelter and support for homeless and runaway youth, including young moms with children, to help them become self-sufficient.
- Educational Support
- Employment/Job Readiness
- Independent Living Skills
- Housing Assistance
- Transitional Housing
- Residential Programs
- 718.685.3850
- Brooklyn, Queens
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- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Individual Residential Alternatives (IRA)
IRAs are homes and apartments of 10 or fewer residents that prepare adults with developmental disabilities to become productive members of their communities.
- Residential Programs
- Medical Services
- Independent Living Skills
- Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
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- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Intermediate Care Facilities
ICFs are residences with 24-hour care for individuals with developmental disabilities that provide the highest level of care outside of a skilled nursing facility.
- Residential Programs
- Medical Services
- Independent Living Skills
- Queens
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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Madonna Heights Group Residence
A group residence offering an environment that teaches, strengthens, and encourages young women to heal from trauma.
- Residential Programs
- Mental Health Services
- Emotional/Behavioral Supports
- Independent Living Skills
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Youth & Family Resources
- Health & Substance Use Referrals
- Suffolk
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- Mental Health, Substance Use & Wellness
Madonna Heights Residential Treatment Facility
The Madonna Heights RTF provides adolescent girls and young women with the most intensive residential mental health services available outside of a hospital.
- Residential Programs
- Medical Services
- Mental Health Services
- Emotional/Behavioral Supports
- Independent Living Skills
- Family/Parent/Individual Counseling
- Youth & Family Resources
- Health & Substance Use Referrals
- 631.213.0300
- Suffolk
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- 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
- 631.213.0203
- Suffolk
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- 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
- 718.257.7208
- Brooklyn
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- 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
- 718.674.8000
- Queens
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- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Robert J. McMahon Children’s Center
RJMCC serves children and adolescents with developmental disabilities at its Residential Treatment Center and its certified special education school, the Tyree Learning Center
- Residential Programs
- 516.629.8101
- Nassau