456/Maryland Manual

BOYS' VILLAGE OF MARYLAND
Leo Hawkins, Acting Superintendent

Cheltenham, MD 20623 782-4223

Boy's Village of Maryland was established in
1870 as the House of Reformation for Colored
Boys (Chapter 392, Acts of 1870). In 1937, it
became the Cheltenham School for Boys (Chapter
70, Acts of 1937). The present name was adopted
in 1949 (Chapter 692, Acts of 1949).

Boys' Village provides for the care and detention
of boys awaiting further court disposition. Both day
and in-residence treatment and education are avail-
able for emotionally disturbed boys referred from
the school systems of Prince George's, Calvert,
Charles and St. Mary's counties (Code 1957, Art.
83C, sec. 2-117).

/. DeWEESE CARTER CENTER
Marrick Thayer, Director

PO. Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown, MD 21620 778-6444

The J. DeWeese Carter Center, a detention cen-
ter for ten boys and five girls, serves the entire nine
counties of the Eastern Shore. The Center opened
in 1982 (Code 1957, Art. 83C, sec. 2-117).

ALFRED D. NOTES CHILDREN'S CENTER
Ann Sentman^rtw^ Superintendent

9925 Blackwell Road
Rockville, MD 20850 762-7800

The Alfred D. Noyes Children's Center was
established 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 for male and female
youths from Montgomery and Western Maryland
counties. The Center offers secure temporary care
for youths who are alleged to be or have been
adjudicated delinquent. It has the capacity to serve
thirty young people (Code 1957, Art. 83C, sec.
2-117).

THOMAS J. S. WAXTER CHILDREN'S CENTER
Philip L. Colbert, Acting Superintendent

375 Red Clay Road, S.W
Laurel, MD 20810 725-8211

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 deten-
tion and evaluation facility Housing forty male

youths, the Center serves mainly Anne Arundel and
Howard counties, and Baltimore City (Code 1957,
Art. 83C, sec. 2-117).

TOUTHCENTERS
Robert H. Allen, Superintendent

Headquarters
326-328 Queen City Drive
Cumberland, MD 21501-1400 777-2162

The Juvenile Services Agency operates five
Youtii Centers in Western Maryland. Overseen by
the Agency but privately operated 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

\buth Centers serve older boys who are commit-
ted by various State courts and jurisdictions or who
are transferred from the Charles H. Hickey, Jr.
School (Chapter 370, Acts of 1955). Boys selected
for transfer must be at least 15 and 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 Septem-
ber 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 1957, Art. 83C, sec. 2-117).

BACKBONE MOUNTAIN YOUTH CENTER

Francis P. Scarcelli, Supervisor

Route 1
Swanton, MD 21562 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). Back-
bone Mountain Youth Center opened in 1966.

GREEN RIDGE YOUTH CENTER

Harry W. Grove, Supervisor
Flintstone, MD 21530 478-2930

In May 1955, Green Ridge Youth Center was
established in Allegany County Originally, the Cen-
ter was operated by the State Department of Public
Welfare in cooperation with the State Department
of Forests and Parks. The Center accommodates
thirty-five boys.