Waco Center for Youth is a state-operated psychiatric residential treatment facility in Waco, Texas. Texas Health and Human Services describes the center as serving teens ages 13 to 17 with emotional and behavioral issues.

The Texas State Historical Association says the center opened in September 1979 as the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation's first residential psychiatric treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. Current public listings place it at 3501 North 19th Street in Waco, with education provided through Waco Center for Youth School and Axtell Independent School District (Texas HHS, TSHA, American Hospital Directory, Waco Center for Youth School).