New Durham County Youth Home

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Joel T. Jones, MPA

(919) 560-7993, Primary Project Manager

Brenda Hayes-Bright, Assoc. AIA, CDT, MPM

(919) 560-7996, Secondary Project Manager

Location

2432 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27704 Map

Project Description

The Durham County Youth Home opened in 1947 and was the first county facility of its kind in the state. The Home serves as a detention facility for the protection of the juvenile and the community, and provides a safe, secure, and positive environment for both juveniles and staff pending a court disposition.

This project will replace the existing 14-bed Durham County Youth Home with a new 36-bed facility at the existing 8.1-acre site, shared with the Durham County Emergency Management Office. The new expanded facility is designed to facilitate best practices and accommodate the housing of older juveniles after SB257 Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (aka “Raise The Age Law”) was implemented on December 1, 2019. The new facility will follow the standards of the North Carolina Administrative Code 10A NCAC 14J, Rules and Laws Governing the Operations, Surveillance, and Monitoring of Jail Facilities, and the American Correctional Association Standards for Juvenile Detention Facilities. The existing Home will be demolished (phase 2) after the new facility is occupied.

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Sustainability Highlights

Pursuing LEED Gold certification
County’s first new construction project that will incorporate technologies aligned with the adoption of the Renewable Energy Resolution (Durham County’s commitment to be off the grid by 2050)
Includes geothermal HVAC system, rooftop photovoltaics, EV charging stations, and other sustainability strategies