SCO Family of Services
Lobbying client
SCO Family of Services is a New York nonprofit with a 130-year history that provides foster care, early childhood education, family support, shelter services, and programs for youth and adults with special needs across New York City and Long Island. It holds more than $672 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 and has filed 30 lobbying disclosures since 2024 through Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, registered citywide across all 51 council districts, focused on discretionary and capital budget allocations and on funding for the Learning to Work program for overage youth.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $232,805
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $668,970,201 · 30 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $3,199,582,465 · 473 since 2005, incl. expired
- Registered to start later
- $3,405,220 · 2 contracts
- Paid to date
- $2,236,579,409
- Won without a fresh bid
- 63% of contract value · $2,007,294,140 · 373 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $26,119,689 · 236 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $438,926 · Keith Little, Former President & CEO
- Based in
- Glen Cove, NY (NY State)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - City Council Discretionary Funding
- Budget - Discretionary Funding
- Budget - Seeking funding
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800399 $263,001,026
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800447 $133,337,907
- FY27 Time & Money Extension - FWC Flushing Family Residence Department of Homeless Services · CT107120238800781 $46,266,973
- FY27 Extension - FWC Shelter Crotona Inn (87 units) Department of Homeless Services · CT107120238800342 $42,065,726
- Residential and Aftercare Services for Adjudicated Youth CTH Administration for Children's Services · CT106820258800165 $22,531,695
- UPK-FCCN Department of Education · CT104020279756510 $21,196,243
- Supported Housing, Scattered Site Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620190003109 $13,632,890
- RHY Crisis Shelter & Til Services Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800858 $12,036,271
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800034 $11,551,377
- Amendment for slot increase Administration for Children's Services · CT106820268800151 $10,725,000
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 56 payments $31,714,366
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 69 payments $29,953,595
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 47 payments $29,548,877
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 35 payments $23,566,853
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 34 payments $21,132,053
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 29 payments $21,017,443
- Residential Care Services - This Neg Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 36 payments $20,526,963
- Regular Residential Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 24 payments $19,664,543
- FOSTER CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 36 payments $19,473,549
- Residential Care Services - Extension Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 19 payments $18,463,198
- Specialized Residential Care - DD - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 19 payments $16,782,582
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 20 payments $16,765,931
- Specialized Residential Care - Mental Retardation Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 16 payments $15,898,007
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 22 payments $15,888,356
- Family Foster Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 31 payments $15,468,103
- FOSTER CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 41 payments $15,387,431
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 31 payments $13,132,762
- Specialized Residential Care - Mental Retardation Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 20 payments $12,207,195
- GENERAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES RENEWAL Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 14 payments $10,892,160
- Stand Alone Trans. Res. for Adult Families at EL Camino Inn. Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 13 payments $9,311,257
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Mother and Child Shelter Beds for At Risk/LGBT Youth · DYCD · FY2010 $751,626
- Mother and Child Shelter Beds for At Risk/LGBT Youth · DYCD · FY2011 $751,626
- Mother and Child- Transitional Independent Living Beds Runaway and Homeless Youth Services PEG Restoration · DYCD · FY2012 $751,626
- Mother and Child Runaway and Homeless Youth PEG Restoration · DYCD · FY2013 $751,626
- Runaway and Homeless Youth PEG Restoration Runaway and Homeless Youth PEG Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $751,626
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2020 $497,022
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2023 $475,241
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2024 $475,241
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2025 $475,241
- Healthy Beginnings (Formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services) Healthy Beginnings (Formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services) · Dhmh · FY2026 $475,241
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2018 $444,700
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2019 $444,700
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · ACS · FY2022 $428,441
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2021 $422,469
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · Dsbs · FY2017 $382,000
- Brooklyn NFP Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2009 $358,360
- Brooklyn NFP Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2010 $358,360
- PS 005 Dr. Ronald Mcnair (K005) OST · DYCD · FY2013 $340,000
- P.S. 5 DR. RONALD MCNAIR SCHOOL Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $340,000
- Brooklyn NFP Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2011 $313,565
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Cornegy FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $47,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2022-2024 · 5 awards $42,500
- Adams FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $42,000
- Menchaca FY2020 · 2 awards $40,000
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $32,500
- Shekar Krishnan FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $20,000
- Chris Banks FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $20,000
- Antonio Reynoso FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
- Dromm FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Moya FY2021 · 2 awards $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Keith Little Former President & CEO $438,926
- Suzette Gordon President & CEO $412,425
- Rebecca Lukeman Chief Human Resources Officer $279,624
- Juliette Mckenna Chief Development Officer $271,724
- Lisa Sammon CFO $246,402
- Yelitza Seoane Psychiatrist $234,493
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +31% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Keith Little · 0.93% of revenue $357,269
- FY2021 Keith Little · 0.81% of revenue $356,542
- FY2022 Keith Little · 0.99% of revenue $394,184
- FY2023 Keith Little · 1.21% of revenue $438,926