Lighthouse Youth Center – Paint Creek
1071 Tong Hollow Road
PO Box 586
Bainbridge, Ohio 45612
Phone: (740) 634-3094
Fax: (740) 634-3047
1-800-569-7682
Director: Renee Hagan
rhagan@lys.org

Lighthouse Youth Center-Paint Creek (LYC-PC) is a residential rehabilitation center for male adolescents ages 15-18, at admission, who have been adjudicated delinquent for crimes that would be considered a felony one or two for an adult offender.  Until 1993, LYC-PC was the only privately owned and managed facility of its type in Ohio.  LYC-PC is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding youth corrections facilities in the country with a recidivism rate less than half of traditional institutions.

LYC-PC rehabilitates youth through an intense program which provides positive peer culture and extensive cognitive behavioral intervention. Noted by surveyors for its care of families and profound respect for the young people served, the program was cited by CARF International in 2006 as an “Exemplary” program.

Admission Criteria:
1) 15-18 years old
2) Male
3) Felony offenders without history of serious mental health issues

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Lighthouse Youth Counseling Services
201 Riverside Drive #3-A
Dayton, Ohio 45405
Phone: (937) 586-0435
Fax: (937) 586-0441
Director: Ric Gulley
rgulley@lys.org

Lighthouse Youth Counseling Services provides structured aftercare services for boys returning to Montgomery County from Lighthouse Youth Center at Paint Creek. In addition to serving boys from Paint Creek, the Lighthouse Youth Counseling Services program provides structured treatment, including partial hospitalization services, to boys referred directly from the Ohio Department of Youth Services and Montgomery County Juvenile Court.

Admission Criteria:
1) 16-18 years old (felony)
2) 13-18 years old (sex offender)
3) Male


Youth Re-Entry Program
401 E. McMillan
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Phone: (513) 487-6786
Fax: (513) 891-3353
Director: John Kelly
jkelly@lys.org

The Youth Re-entry Program seeks to help young people returning to the community from the Department of Youth Services obtain employment and continue education. Case managers and mentors provide comprehensive transition services to clients and their families beginning up to 90 days prior to release and continuing for up to 3 months prior to discharge from parole.

Goals of the program are to increase job skills, enter and remain in the labor force, decrease recidivism and the likelihood that the youth will become adult offenders, and increase self-sufficiency.

Admission Criteria:
1) 15-20 years old
2) Male or Female
3) Parolees who reside in Hamilton County or returning to Hamilton County
4) Must have a HS diploma/GED or be enrolled in a GED program.