Boys' Village provides for the care and deten-
tion of boys awaiting further court disposition.
Facilities are available for both day and in-resi-
dence treatment and education for emotionally
disturbed boys referred from the school systems of
Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's
counties (Code 1957, Art. 41C, sec. 2-117).

J. DeWEESE CARTER CENTER

Phillip L. Colbert, Supervisor

P.O. Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown 21620 Telephone: 778-6800
ext. 289

The J. DeWeese Carter Center, a detention
center for ten boys and five girls, serves the entire
nine counties of the Eastern Shore. The Center
opened in 1982 (Code 1957, Art. 41C, sec. 2-117).

ALFRED D. NOYES CHILDREN'S
CENTER

Charles F. Lemon, Acting Administrator

9925 Blackwell Road
Rockville 20850 Telephone: 762-7800

The Alfred D. Noyes Children's Center was es-
tablished by Chapter 101, Acts of 1970, and by
Chapter 179, Acts of 1972, as modified in the
General Construction Loan Act of 1974.

Opened in September 1977, the Noyes Center is
a regional detention facility that serves male and
female youths from Montgomery and Western
Maryland counties. The Center offers secure tem-
porary care for youths who are alleged to be or
have been adjudicated delinquent. It has the ca-
pacity to serve thirty young people (Code 1957,
Art. 41C, sec. 2-117).

THOMAS J. S. WAXTER CHILDREN'S
CENTER

William H. Edwards, Superintendent

375 Red Clay Road, S.W.
Laurel 20810 Telephone: 247-0011

Opened in November 1963, the Thomas J. S.
Waxter Children's Center was first known as the
Southern Maryland Children's Center (Chapter
38, Acts of 1962). The Center received its present
name in 1963 (Chapter 131, Acts of 1963).

The Waxter Children's Center is a juvenile de-
tention and evaluation facility. Housing forty
male youths, the Center serves mainly Anne
Arundel and Howard counties, and Baltimore
City (Code 1957, Art. 41C, sec. 2-117).

YOUTH CENTERS

Robert H. Allen, Superintendent

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

The Juvenile Services Agency operates five
Youth Centers in Western Maryland. Overseen by
the Juvenile Services Agency but privately operat-
ed are two new Youth Centers opened as 40-bed
facilities in 1986. They are the Doncaster Youth
Center at Doncaster, Charles County, and the
Thomas R. O'Farrell Youth Center at Henryton,
Carroll County.

Youth Centers serve older boys who are com-
mitted by various State courts and jurisdictions or
who are transferred from the Charles H. Hickey,
Jr. School and the Montrose School (Chapter 370,
Acts of 1955). 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.

Each Center offers a work-study program. Stu-
dents are required to attend a half day of school
at the Center and work a half day either at the
Center or in the community.

The present names for the first five Youth Cen-
ters (formerly known as Boys Forestry Camps)
were approved by the Board of Public Works on
September 20, 1977. The Centers are combined
into a single administrative unit with one budget
and one central business management unit located
in Cumberland (Code 1957, Art. 41C, sec. 2-117).

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.