History
For 22 years as a vendor to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, ACCEPT, Inc. has provided services to at-risk and delinquent youth through a variety of programming offered within detention, shelter care, residential and secure treatment settings.
ACCEPT, Inc.’s programs grew from one setting in 1985 serving approximately 10 youths per year with a staff of 12 and an annual budget of $238,000 to serving as many as 1500 youths per year with a total staff of more than 90 men and women and a total budget of $4,000,000.
The staff employed by ACCEPT, Inc. has included: direct care workers, transportation drivers, cooks, culinary assistants, clinicians, substance abuse counselors, social workers, vocational instructors, teachers, nurses, maintenance workers, security personnel, water front supervisors, physical education instructors, recreation specialists, experiential education specialists, and administrators.
Although historically all programs operated by ACCEPT, Inc. had existed as contracts held by other vendors, in February 2002, the Corporation was awarded a contract to design, construct, and implement an entirely new program CAPES, the Cape Adolescent Pre-trial Evaluation Services. This secure detention and assessment service was created in response to the increasing juvenile arrest rate on Cape Cod and the Islands.