The unit will also include secondary schools, colleges, workplace and training providers, the Learning and Skills Council and teenage pregnancy services.
The council said young people would benefit from the greater integration of services, but was unable to say if any redundancies or job cuts would result from the move.
Jim O'Hara, head of youth services at Lincolnshire County Council, said: "This is based on two services that were judged to produce good outcomes for young people in the recent inspection of Lincolnshire children's services."
Education watchdog Ofsted published a Joint Area Review of children's services in Lincolnshire earlier this year. It concluded the service was delivering adequate outcomes.
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