Youth Service Bureau


The name Youth Services Bureau refers to a large number of unaffiliated non-profit, non-sectarian philanthropic organizations which provide services related to child welfare. No organization of affiliates sharing the name is known to exist, and the majority of such organizations operate at a local level; some are operated privately, while some are government-funded. The first YSBs were established largely in the 1970s.

List of YSBs

United States

Most YSBs in Maryland - 19 in particular - were founded in 1971 by the state as community-based nonresidential entities and operate under the Maryland Association of Youth Services Bureaus.