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New Beginnings Youth Development Center
The New Beginnings Youth Development Center is a 60 bedsecure facility for committed youth. The center is located in Laurel, Maryland, on the grounds of the former Oak Hill facility. New Beginnings provides 24-hour supervision, custody and care including residential, nutritional, educational, recreational, workforce development, medical, dental, and mental health services. The facility’s nine-to-twelve month behavior modification program, modeled after the acclaimed Missouri approach, serves the most serious and chronic young offenders. The program prepares youth for community reintegration within a home-like environment through a program grounded in the principles of Positive Youth Development and guided peer interaction to promote transformation. The See Forever Foundation operates the Maya Angelou Academy in partnership with DYRS, which provides a variety of academic and experiential programs for youth residing at New Beginnings.

Some of the services youth receive while in our care includes, but is not limited to:

Renaissance Program
The Renaissance Program is a 24 hour, seven day a week community based residential program preparing committed males ranging in age from 16 to 21 for entry into the world of independence as viable, productive, and self directed young adults. While at Renaissance, youth receive services designed to assist them in learning to accept the responsibilities and expectations that are inherent in becoming an adult. Operated by DYRS staff, the Renaissance Program offers youth a small, home-like environment from which the youth attend community schools, job training programs, and/or jobs during the day.