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Facility Operations

Currently, DJS operates the following detention and committed treatment residential facilities:

   
Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center (BCJJC)
   
Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School (Hickey)
   
William Donald Schaefer House (Schaefer House)
   
J. DeWeese Carter Center (Carter)
   
Lower Eastern Shore Children’s Center (LESCC)
   
Alfred D. Noyes Children’s Center (Noyes)
   
Cheltenham Youth Facility (Cheltenham)
   
Western Maryland Children’s Center (WMDCC)
   
four Youth Centers
   
Victor Cullen Center (Cullen)
   
Thomas J. S. Waxter Children’s Center (Waxter)
   
DJS contractually operates Mt. Clare House and the Thomas O’Farrell Youth Center
   


DJS operated the Maryland Youth Residential Center (MYRC) until early fiscal year 2008 when the Department suspended operations at the facility. In November 2008, DJS closed the Thomas O’Farrell Youth Center.

DJS Facility Operations has made treating Maryland children in Maryland its highest priority. In fiscal year 2008, the Department increased its capacity for state operated residential services with the opening of 48 beds at the Victor Cullen Center. In fiscal years 2009 through 2015, the Department plans to increase residential committed treatment bed capacity by 96 beds with the opening of a 48 bed facility in Baltimore City and another 48 bed facility on the grounds of Cheltenham. By fiscal year 2013, DJS will have a total of 144 secure committed treatment beds within the state to regionally serve boys. Regional staff will work closely with the Office of Professional Services and other stakeholders in the development of these facilities and their programming.

In addition, to increasing committed treatment bed capacity, the Department plans to replace the existing detention centers at Cheltenham in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and Hickey in fiscal year 2013 and 2014 with two 48-bed state-of-the-art facilities upon approval of funding replace Waxter with a new 30 bed detention center for girls. The Department will rely on the increase in community services and the increase in in-state capacity as a means to decrease the overall bed capacity for these two facilities and the length of stay for youth who are pending placement. State-run Detention and Committed Treatment facilities will be regionalized. When regional plans are operational, the detention and committed treatment facilities will primarily serve youth from the region.




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