Klamath Youth Development Center (KYDC) is a private, non-profit corporation established in 1980 as a mental health clinic for children and families. It was organized by local community leaders and officials whose intent was to establish a county-wide resource where children with mental health and behavioral disorders could receive child-specific, state-of-the-art, family-focused treatment. KYDC has since become the largest and most significant provider of private and public mental health care for children and families in this region.