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Youth Services

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    DYRS Facilities

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    Residential Facilities

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    Lead Entity and Service Coalition

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Parent & Family Affairs

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    Parent and Family Affairs

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    Parent and Family Input Response Form

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    Parent and Family Resources

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Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services


Office Hours
Mon - Fri, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

How to Reach Us
1000 Mt. Olivet Road NE
Washington, DC 20002
dyrs@dc.gov

Phone 1: (202) 576-8175
Fax: (202) 576-8457
TTY: (746) 777-7776

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Website: http://dyrs.dc.gov


Marc A. Schindler
Interim Director
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The District of Columbia’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) is the District’s cabinet level juvenile justice agency. It administers detention, commitment and aftercare services for youth held under its care in its facilities or residing in the DC community. The agency is actively involved in several innovative programming models, partnering with locally and nationally recognized juvenile justice centers in the following types of programs; juvenile justice, continuum of care, alternative sentencing, supervised citation release and supportive living.

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Featured News

01/12/2010 Mayor Fenty Names Interim DYRS Director
12/21/2009 The Advocate - December 2009
11/30/2009 Mayor Bloomberg Appoints Vincent N. Schiraldi as Commissioner of the Department of Probation

DYRS Highlights

Volunteer Opportunities at DYRS

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The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services seeks volunteer organizations and individuals to provide youth programming on Friday and Saturday evenings.

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Lead Entity and Service Coalition Initiative

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The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) has initiated a comprehensive effort to provide a range of services, support, and opportunities to District youth involved in the juvenile justice system and committed to the agency’s care.

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