Cal Farley's Boys Ranch residents and alumni share their experiences
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 Strain. Grant was one of the first nine boys to come to Boys Ranch. Strain, with his twin brother,…
The young man stood alone in a corner inside our campus headquarters building. While his family was being interviewed about his coming to Boys Ranch, this boy, all of perhaps 8 years old, chose to stand alone in the corner, shame written all over his face. It was a stark contrast to the joyous Christmas…
When was the last time you read the story of Christ’s birth? As I look at the biblical account, one of the things that stands out to me is how God, in His infinite wisdom, didn’t send a ‘finished product.’ Instead of a man, He sent a baby. Remarkably, the King of kings went through…
Among the attributes that makes Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch such a unique therapeutic environment is our commitment to removing obstacles, real or imagined, to our children’s success. In part, that’s an outgrowth of our emphasis on child development and our campus-wide application of the Neurosequential Model. The NM, developed by clinician, researcher and psychiatrist Dr.…
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