Boys Ranch and FFA —Staying true to the blue and gold
For more than 60 years, the highly recognized dark blue corduroy jackets with the National FFA emblem embroidered across the back have hung in the closets of group homes at Boys Ranch. It was 1955 when …
Brain mapping helps set best course for children
The children who come to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch bring with them a variety of needs. “The help they find in our therapeutic community — a place of safety and peace, routine and consistency — they …
Therapeutic interventions
Therapeutic interventions Paving the road for personal success Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch is a therapeutic milieu. Children and their families find the help they need to recover from past hurts. Through therapeutic intervention, we teach them how …
A stop on the path, not the destination
“Wow, what you’re doing here at Boys Ranch is incredible! I had no idea such cutting-edge work was happening here!” That’s a pretty common reaction from visitors to our Oldham County, Texas, campus. Sometimes, our guests …
Early alumni remembered for lives well-lived
More than 12,500 individuals have had their lives impacted through programming offered here. In the last year, a number of residents have passed away, including two who shaped the organization’s early years, Alvis Grant and Richard …
Childcare is always evolving
In the last 80 years, thousands of people have found hope and healing at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. To better understand the journey Boys Ranch is on today, you must first understand the path on which …
