Lakeside Academy of Kansas is an YRC-II residential youth center that provides programming for at-risk boys ages 13+ and works closely with the Kansas Department of Children and Family Services. Residents can also participate in a certified, outpatient substance abuse treatment program, including substance abuse assessment and individual and group counseling, along with outpatient individual, group, and family counseling, sex offender treatment, and psychiatric services. Lakeside Academy of Kansas’ goal is to reduce recidivism among the adjudicated youth served and effect change in thinking so that behavior is positively impacted.