opened in May 1966 It was renamed Backbone
Mountain Youth Center in 1977

GREEN RIDGE YOUTH CENTER

Marshall L White, Supervisor

P O Box 51
Fifteen Mile Creek Road
Flmtstone, MD 21530 (301) 478 2930

In May 1955, Green Ridge Youth Center
started as Green Ridge Forestry Camp for Boys m
Allegany County Originally, the Camp was run by
the State Department of Public Welfare in coopera
tion with the State Department of Forests and
Parks In 1977, the Camp was renamed Green
Ridge Youth Center Located outside of Flmtstone,
the Center accommodates thirty five boys

MAPLE RUN YOUTH CENTER

Glen Gamble, Supervisor

P O Box 104
Jacobs Road
Flmtstone. MD 21530 (301) 478 2251

The 1965 General Assembly appropriated funds
to establish a forestry camp at Maple Run in the
Green Ridge State Forest, Allegany County (Chap
ter 743, Acts of 1965) The Camp opened in April
1967 with facilities for thirty-five boys The Camp
was renamed Maple Run Youth Center in 1977

MEADOW MOUNTAIN YOUTH CENTER

B Dan Hoyle, Supervisor

Route 2
P O Box 75
Grantsville, MD 21535 (301) 895-5669

Meadow Mountain Youth Center was formed as
Meadow Mountain Forestry Camp for Boys in June
1958 (C hapter 454, Acts of 1957) The Camp
reopened as Meadow Mountain Youth Center in
October 1984 in Garrett County With facilities for
thirty boys, the Center treats youth who suffer from
alcoholism or substance addiction

SAVAGE MOUNTAIN YOUTH CENTER

Harry W Grove, Jr , Supervisor

164 Freedom Lane
Lonaconmg,MD21539 (301)463-2244

The success of the first boys' forestry camp at
Green Ridge prompted the General Assembly to
appropriate funds for additional facilities in 1956
(Chapter 98, Acts of 1956) Lonaconmg Forestry
Camp for Boys opened in December 1957 The
Camp was renamed Savage Mountain Youth Center
in 1977 and now accommodates thirty five boys

DETENTION CENTERS

J DeWE£S£ CARTER CENTER
Mernck B Thayer, Superintendent

P O Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown, MD 21620 (4JO) 778 6444

In rural Kent County, the J DeWeese Carter Cen
ter is a secure detention facility for fifteen youths, from
as young as age 9 to as old as age 18 The Center
provides emergency detention facilities to the nine
counties of the Eastern Shore (Code 1957, Art 83C,
sec 2 117) Opened m August 1982, it was named for
Judge J DeWeese Carter (1904 1977), who served
on the Court of Special Appeals from 1971 to 1973

CHELTENHAM YOUTH FACILITY
Herman R Ingrarn, Acting Superintendent

P O Box 160
11001 Frank Tippett Road (301) 782-4223
Cheltenham, MD 20623 (410) 880 6875

The Cheltenham Youth Facility originated in 1870
as the House of Reformation and Instruction for
Colored Children (Chapter 392, Acts of 1870) In
1937, it became the Cheltenham School for Boys
(Chapter 70, Acts of 1937) The School was renamed
Boys'Village of Maryland in 1949 (Chapter 692, Acts
of 1949) In May 1991, a unit for girls was transferred
to the facility from the Charles H Hickey, Jr, School
The facility was renamed Cheltenham Youth Faculty
m 1992 (Chapter 8, Acts of 1992)
In Pnnce George's County, Cheltenham consists of
several cottages on a senu rural campus The Facility
provides for the care and detention of some 125 youths,
from as young as age 12 to as old as age 18, awaiting tnal
or court disposition from Baltimore City, and Prince
George's, Calvert, Charles and St Mary's counties
(Code 1957,Art 83C,sec 2 117) The young women's
program offers secure commitment for up to twenty-
eight girls who stay an average of five and a half months
It is the only mcarceranon program for female Juvenile
offenders m the State Another program shelters twenty
delinquent youth who need supervision but are not
deemed dangerous to themselves or others

ALFRED D NOTES CHILDREN'S CENTER
Ann E Sentman, Superintendent

9925 Blackwell Road
Rockville, MD 20850 (410) 792 0865

The Alfred D Noyes Children's Center was
authonzed m 1970 (Chapter 101, Acts of 1970,
Chapter 179, Acts of 1972, as modified in the
General Construction Loan Act of 1974) The
Center was named for Alfred D Noycs, who was
the Judge for Juvenile Causes in Montgomery
County at the time of the Center's creation