The North Carolina Eckerd Wilderness Camps serve boys and girls, ages 10 through 17, with behavioral problems. The camps are year-round, staff-secure, residential therapeutic programs, providing an alternative to more restrictive programs. Counselor-teachers live with the youth in groups of ten that are designed to promote self-esteem, personal responsibility, communication skills, and self-discipline. Group activities are the medium for problem solving and interpersonal skill development. Youth learn immediate cause and effect relationships as they live with the natural consequences of their own decisions, choices, and behaviors.

The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention contracts with Eckerd Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc. to operate camps in North Carolina.

For more information about Eckerd Youth Alternatives, visit their website at www.eckerd.org, or call 1-800-554-4357.