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 Boys Ranch Independent School District first chartered a chapter of Future Farmers of America, which later shortened its name…
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 begin to heal.” Some of our children have endured long-term stressors such as abuse, poverty or neglect. To…
“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 expect our campus to feel cold and clinical. At other times, the expectation is dusty streets, log cabins and…
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 our journey began. When our organization was founded in 1939, control and punishment were the staples of discipline across…
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