Outreach Program

Started in 1981, The Kent Youth Outreach Services work towards supporting and encouraging youth and families to develop the skills and resources necessary to overcome those factors related to the development of dysfunctional patterns of behavior. 

These services reduce the incidence of delinquency and the need for more restrictive and costly placements among those youth served.

We provide youth and family services that include, but not necessarily limited to, individual and family counseling, tutoring, substance abuse education, cultural, civic and recreational activities, skills enhancement workshops for parents, crisis intervention services, and case management.

These services are provided to referred males and females ages 12-18 and their families from the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland (Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties). There are typically between 20 and 25 youth served at any given time by the two Outreach counselors.

Each child receives a weekly visit from a counselor, meeting in the home or at the child’s school during the academic year.


Counselors will also assist in the transition and aftercare needs of graduates of the Kent Youth residential program upon their return to home communities.