SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES

SCO Family of Services is a New York nonprofit human-services organization with its main office in Garden City, Nassau County. It runs programs in early childhood, education, foster care, youth justice, family and community support, housing and shelters, mental health and substance use, and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, in New York City and on Long Island.

Identity

• Legal name: SCO Family of Services
• New York Department of State record: domestic not-for-profit corporation, DOS ID 71705, initial filing June 4, 1948, Nassau County
• IRS record: EIN 11-2777066. The IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File lists the organization under section 501(c)(3), with status “unconditional exemption”; the ruling date in that file is June 2014
• Category: Nonprofit social and human services

Programs the organization publishes

SCO lists eight program areas on its homepage: early childhood, education, foster care, youth justice, family and community supports, housing and shelters, mental health, substance use and wellness, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its foster care page says the organization places children and teens with temporary families across New York City and Long Island, and also offers therapeutic foster care for children with behavioral health needs and group homes for young adults, young women with children and LGBTQ youth. Separate foster care programs are listed for Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk.

How to verify this organization yourself

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search: search EIN 11-2777066 for the current exemption status.
• New York Department of State entity search: look up “SCO Family of Services” (DOS ID 71705).
• New York Charities Bureau registry search for its charity registration and filings.
• SCO contact page and directions page listing every office

Location and contact

• Main office (SCO site, New York State and IRS records): 1415 Kellum Place, Suite 140, Garden City, NY 11530
• Main office phone (business hours, SCO contact page): +1 516-671-1253
• Foster care emergency hotline, after regular business hours (SCO contact page): +1 718-674-7800
• Other locations listed on SCO’s directions page: Nevins Street Office, 2-4 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217; Genovese Family Life Center, 89-30 161st Street, Jamaica, NY 11432; Madonna Heights, 151 Burrs Lane, Dix Hills, NY 11746; Ottilie Campus, 85-70 148th Street, Briarwood, NY 11435; Robert J. McMahon Children’s Center and Tyree Learning Center, 101 Downing Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY 11579; SCO Deer Park, 60 E. Industry Court, Deer Park, NY 11729
• Website: sco.org

Last verified: November 6, 2026. Sources: sco.org home, contact, directions, foster care and about pages; New York Department of State active corporations dataset; IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (New York extract). Program and participant numbers are not published here because no dated annual report or Form 990 was reviewed.

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