youth centers

Adolescent community spaces

Youth centers are community facilities offering programs, activities, and services for young people, typically teenagers.

They provide supervised spaces for recreation, education, and social development: The youth center has basketball courts and tutoring programs.

Often run by local governments, nonprofits, or religious organizations, they aim to keep young people engaged and out of trouble.

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age group served

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Facilities for elderly activities

retirement homes · nursing homes · retirement communities · old folks' homes · hospices

institutional formality

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Facilities confining minor offenders

reform schools · boot camps · boarding schools · military academies · street corners

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G