Chaplain Services
The Department of Public Safety recognizes the spiritual needs of juveniles and staff and has established chaplain services to meet those needs.
Chaplain services promote spiritual development by providing opportunities for youth and staff to participate in faith-based programs, practice their faith and receive spiritual counseling on a voluntary basis.
A chaplain is located at each of the state's four youth development centers. However, their responsibilities extend beyond the provision of services to juveniles and staff on a YDC campus. Their roles also involve establishing relationships and community interest in the lives of youth by partnering with professional, business, civic, social and community groups on topics related to the role of ministry in promoting positive youth development. This effort comes during a time when DPS continues to implement the therapeutic environment approach and involve families and communities in its efforts to successfully transition youth back into their home community.
In addition, chaplains are responsible for the implementation of a Rings of Fellowship program at each YDC through a partnership with Disciple Bible Outreach. The Rings of Fellowship program uses a curriculum that is designed to reach interested youth by promoting spiritual growth and positive peer dynamics. Each YDC has at least one active fellowship group that meets on a regular basis to provide a spiritual foundation for youth. Click here for more information on DBOM and the Rings of Fellowship curriculum.
Additional responsibilities of chaplains include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Providing faith-based counseling to a juvenile or a staff member upon request;
- Coordinating all volunteer services, including the recruitment, training and management of the religious volunteers;
- Developing community-based and faith-based support systems for youth transitioning from facility care to community care;
- Being involved in new employee orientation at department-operated facilities; and
- Managing and supervising the provision of religious services on an interfaith and interdenominational basis.
Jacques Moody, Chaplain
Central Carolina Business Park
560 Progress Blvd.
Siler City, NC 27344
Phone: 919-742-6220
Fax: 919-742-6291
Freddie Barnes, Chaplain
78 Positive Way
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
Phone: 252-544-5730
James Cavanaugh, Chaplain
3055 Dobbs Farm Road
Kinston, NC 28504
Phone: 252-208-4920
Fax: 252-523-2583
Ben Whitlock, Chaplain
850 Holshouser Road
Concord, NC 28027
Phone: 704-652-4300
Fax: 704-788-9417