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Causes: Mental Health, Residential Mental Health Treatment
Mission: Mccrossan boys ranch is committed to supporting youth, strengthening families, and providing new hope for a better life.
Programs: Residential services program - licensed for 77 boys up to age 21. The organization provides supervision and care in a ranch environment. For the year ended june 30, 2017, 23,501 days of care were provided. For more than 60 years, mccrossan boys ranch has provided new hope for a better life for adolescents needing life skills and confidence building experiences. We reach out to boys between the ages of 9 to 21 who have experienced conflicts in family, school or community. The mccrossan boys ranch is one of 3 facilities in south dakota and one of 1,500 facilities nation-wide to have received accreditation for providing the best care possible for the boys served. The ranch received its initial accreditation in 2003, and was re-accredited in 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015 with scores of 100% compliance.
ranch school program - provides education on the premises to the boys living on the ranch. For the year ended june 30, 2017, 13,518 days of school were provided. At the ranch, the boys receive the much needed one-on-one counseling, education, love and care they so desperately long for. Through year-round schooling, horsemanship, 4h, fellowship of christian athletes, a part time chaplain, a part time cultural counselor and many other activities, each boy is given the opportunity to learn and flourish.
a portion of contributions received are transferred to mccrossan foundation, inc, a supporting organization that holds assets for the benefit of mccrossan boys ranch.