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At Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, children and their families have found the help they need to recover from past hurts. Learn more about the young people and their families who we’ve helped.
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Experiential Learning Program — Learning In & Outside the Classroom
The role of education is to equip a learner with the intelligence, skills and knowledge necessary to bring positive changes to their existence. At Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, we help our young people obtain the kind ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Staff Spotlight: Ray Martinez
Title: Director of worship/youth chaplain Age: 40 How long have you been at Boys Ranch: 16 years Other positions you’ve held here: My wife and I started in 2003 as houseparents. We houseparented for three-and-a-half years ...