Edgecombe Youth Development Center: location, capacity, population, and history

Edgecombe Youth Development Center is located at 78 Positive Way, Rocky Mount, NC 27801. Double-check your directions before you travel - especially if you're coming from out of town or need to arrive at a specific time.

Edgecombe Youth Development Center is a 44-bed facility. That's not a massive campus - it's a smaller center designed to house a limited number of youth at any given time.

Edgecombe is a self-contained secure complex that serves males only. If you need placement information for a female youth, you'll need to ask about other options through the appropriate channels.

• ✓ Confirm you have the correct address before traveling: 78 Positive Way, Rocky Mount, NC 27801.
• ✓ Keep the 44-bed capacity in mind - space is limited, and placements are constrained by that size.
• ✓ Edgecombe serves males only; if your situation involves a female youth, ask about other placement options.

The facility was originally built in 2008 and reopened in April 2016 after modifications. This explains why some people describe the center in "before" and "after" terms.

Those changes expanded housing capabilities across four housing units. Youth are housed in separate units within the same secure complex, and the 2016 work focused on increasing the number of beds the center can support.

The big picture: Edgecombe is a secure, self-contained facility for males with a total capacity of 44 beds. Because it's relatively small, availability can feel tight. The four-unit housing structure means your child's day-to-day experience may depend on which unit they're assigned to. And the 2016 reopening confirms the facility's current setup was intentionally updated - it's not unchanged since 2008.