Headquarters
326-328 Queen City Drive
Cumberland 21502 Telephone: 777-2162

The Juvenile Services Administration operates
five Youth Centers in Western Maryland. Autho-
rized by Chapter 370, Acts of 1955, the Centers
serve older boys who are committed by various
State courts and jurisdictions or who are trans-
ferred from the Maryland Training School for
Boys and the Montrose School. Boys selected for
transfer must be at least 15-1/2 years of age, in
good physical health, and interested in an active
outdoor work and living experience.

Since 1969, each Center has offered a work-
study program. Students are required to attend a
one-half day of school at the Center and work one-
half day either at the Center or in the community.

The present names for the Youth Centers (for-
merly known as Boys Forestry Camps) were
approved by the Board of Public Works on Sep-
tember 20, 1977. The Centers are combined into a
single administrative unit with one budget and one
central business management unit located in Cum-
berland (Code Health-General Article, sec.
6-116).

BACKBONE MOUNTAIN YOUTH
CENTER

Francis P. Scarcelli, Supervisor
Swanton 21561 Telephone: 359-9190

In 1964 the General Assembly appropriated
funds to establish a permanent center at Backbone
Mountain in Garrett County with facilities for
thirty-five boys (Chapter 159, Acts of 1964).
Backbone Mountain Youth Center opened in 1966.

GREEN RIDGE YOUTH CENTER

John E. Kerr, Supervisor
Flintstone 21530 Telephone: 478-2930

In May 1955 Green Ridge Youth Center was
established in Allegany County. Originally, the
Center was operated by the State Department of
Public Welfare (now the Social Services Adminis-
tration) in cooperation with the State Department
of Forests and Parks (now the Forest, Park and
Wildlife Service). It accommodates thirty-five
boys.

MAPLE RUN YOUTH CENTER

Donald L. Carter, Supervisor
Flintstone 21530 Telephone: 478-2511

Health and Mental Hygiene/219

The 1965 General Assembly appropriated funds
to establish a permanent center at Maple Run in
the Green Ridge State Forest, Allegany County
(Chapter 743, Acts of 1965). The Center opened in
1967 with facilities for thirty-five boys.

MEADOW MOUNTAIN YOUTH
CENTER

Donald L. Carter, Supervisor

P.O. Box 75
Grantsville 21536 Telephone: 895-5669

The Meadow Mountain Youth Center opened in
Garrett County in October 1984. It has facilities
for thirty boys.

SAVAGE MOUNTAIN YOUTH
CENTER

Boyd D. Hoyle, Supervisor
Lonaconing 21539 Telephone: 463-2244

The success of the first youth center at Green
Ridge prompted the General Assembly to appro-
priate funds for additional facilities (Chapter 98,
Acts of 1956). Savage Mountain Youth Center
opened in 1957, and now accomodates thirty-five
boys.

MARYLAND JUVENILE JUSTICE
ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chairperson: Clementine L. Kaufman

Robert M. Bell; Peter D. Blauvelt; Robbie
Callaway; Charles 0. Fischer, Jr.; Eddie
Harrison; Thomas E. Hickman, 1986; Reginald
J. Howard, 1985; Aaron Knight; John E. Kyle;
Douglass H. Moore; Theodore S. Moyer; Joseph
E. Owens; Alexander J. Palenscar; Frank G.
Pappas; Dorothea L. Rees; John Rouse, 1988;
Mary Seng, 1987; Rex C. Smith, 1986; Adrienne
E. Volenik; Gerald W. Winegrad; Harvey C.
Byrd III, 1985; Michael M. Gimble, 1986;
Martina Green, 1987; Calvin Street, 1987;
Lenny Moore, 1988.

Staff contact: Linda Koban

c/o Juvenile Services Administration
201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone 383-3771

The Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council
was established in 1984 as an independent unit
within the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene (Executive Order 01.01.1984.08). The
Council advises the Governor and appropriate