Albany County Youth Bureau

Youth Initiatives

Town of Bethlehem - The Pit
Monday - Friday 2:45 PM - 4:45 PM

After school drop-in center at the Bethlehem Middle School for at-risk youth, ages 10-15, who need a safe, structured environment to speak with adult counselors for guidance and support, or to just hang out.

Hilltown Youth Service Project - (Catholic Charities of Albany and Rensselaer Counties)
Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 PM

The programs goals are to help at-risk and low income youth and their families gain self-sufficiency for daily living through coordination of services available through various agencies, crisis intervention and on-going client support.

Equinox - Emergency Shelter Project
Call for program information.
(518) 465-9524

Program provides 24 hour-a-day, 7 days-a-week, short-term crisis intervention services for runaway and homeless youth ages 10 -17 from Albany County. Agency has 13 emergency beds which will be expanded to 18 beds in the near future.

New Day Art Program
Call for hours. (518) 462-7914

Program will offer art as a form of expression, healing, energy, power, community, enlightenment, health and joy to south-end youth ages 7-19 through workshops and special events.

Albany County Youth Bureau
Margaret Diggs, Executive Director

A Division of the
Department for Children, Youth and Families
Uluss (Gus) Thompson, Interim Commissioner
112 State Street, Room 1205
Albany, New York 12207

8:30am to 4:30pm | Monday through Friday
Phone: (518) 447-7324
Fax: (518) 447-5686

Youth Bureau Board
Hon. Lucille McKnight, Chair