Founded in 1790, Carolina Youth Development Center is a non-profit organization helping to give healing and hope to child victims of abuse, neglect and abandonment. We offer quality, comprehensive care, and programs that deliver a continuum of prevention, assessment, intervention and treatment services. CYDC also provides prevention services that help at-risk families stay together through our Community-Based Prevention Services. Carolina Youth Development Center is a direct descendant of the Charleston Orphan House, America’s first publicly-funded orphanage. The Mission of the Carolina Youth Development Center is to empower and equip our community's vulnerable children by providing a safe environment, educational support and career readiness, in collaboration with families and community partners.