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With these three programs, KAGH introduced to Kenosha the concepts of community-based programming and family intervention services as alternatives to incarceration.  In 1975, KAGH opened a co-ed group home for the non-secure detention of adolescents (Shelter Care).  The Shelter Care home was offered as a problem-solving center where an adolescent could temporarily live while the family received help to define and resolve the conflict.  In 1976, the counselor at Shelter Care responded to a request from the Kenosha County Comprehensive Board (KCCB) for a community-based program as an alternative to state mental hospitalization for a ten-year old boy.  To meet the boy's needs, KAGH offered to train and supervise foster parents to use behavior modification techniques, thus launching Specialized Foster Care.

Also in 1976, the staff of the Shelter Care began an aftercare program for juveniles returning to the community from residential treatment for chemical dependency.  That program was expanded to offer chemical dependency prevention services and eventually the whole program was incorporated in the services offered by the current Community Impact Program.

From its very beginning, the board and staff of KAGH lobbied for the creation of a juvenile court screening and diversion program.  Their efforts were instrumental in the establishment of the current Juvenile Court Intake Services.  KAGH wanted to emphasize their commitment to helping youth and families resolve child development issues.  In 1978, the organization changed its name to Kenosha Youth Development Services (KYDS).  This name change placed emphasis on family and youth development.  In 1982, the county department of social services, now the Division of Children and Family Services, asked to expand our programming to include a Home Detention program that would enable any family to help their child to remain crime free and available to juvenile court while their child was detained at home.

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