Keep our Kids at Home
Allow the Hope Ranch to Thrive and Continue Helping Kids
Since July 2022, Hope Ranch has provided so many learning opportunities for the13 youth who have come to live here
Donations have provided our kids:
5,265 home-cooked meals
Opportunity to attend over 240 days of school
500 counseling sessions
Opportunity to help over 400 community members through weekly volunteering
Attendance at over 50 church services and youth group sessions
Training for the live-in teaching parents to recognize and praise youth over 28,080 times for using appropriate skills to advocate for their needs
Training for the live-in teaching parents to correct inappropriate behavior and teach the youth new skills over 7,020 times
A safe and good night of rest in their own bedroom over 1,755 times
Financial barriers now threaten the future of the Hope Ranch
Program cost vs. State payments (quality care with programs to create change vs. basic rates)
New laws limiting the number of referrals (local caseworkers must have approval from the State to place kids at the ranch)
Increases in the cost of living (food, utilities, supplies)
Keep Our Kids at Home
Our Board of Directors had a big decision to make – Suspend services or “Keep our Kids at Home“ and allow the Hope Ranch to thrive and continue helping kids.
The problem with the first option is that 85% of our kids are legal orphans and have no home to return to.
More than half of the other small, community residential facilities in the state of Missouri have shut down due to the cost vs. revenue issue.