Bringing Idaho's Kids Home

Idaho's Kids Need Your Help

Idaho has one of the highest rates of trauma in the United States.

1 in 4 Idaho high school girls (23.2%) experienced sexual violence. ²

1 in 8 Idaho children lives with someone struggling with mental illness or substance abuse. ¹

1 in 10 Idaho kids has at least one parent who has served time in jail. ¹

1 in 13 Idaho children has witnessed domestic violence. ¹

2 in 5 Idaho high school students experience signs of depression. ²

1 in 5 Idaho high school students considered suicide. ²

1 in 10 Idaho high school students attempted suicide.

_{National Survey of Children’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), 2018-2019}
_{Center for Disease Control, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Idaho, 2019}

The Idaho Youth Ranch Center for Healing & Resilience

In this healing, 258-acre rural setting we envision a number of facilities to support the physical, emotional, and educational needs of the children and teens who come with the unique challenges of overcoming early childhood trauma.

Youth will be supported with 24-hour nursing, psychiatric care, proven therapeutic treatment models, and a year-round school. Designed and modeled after leading national facilities, the center will include medication reduction, nutrition, and physical fitness in a secure environment with 24-hour supervision. All of this care is in support of one goal: helping kids heal and return to their families and communities in a safe and supported manner.

Bringing Idaho's Kids Home

Every year, over 120 Idaho kids are sent out of state for residential care because there is nowhere in Idaho for them to go. It's time to bring them home.

Idaho's kids need your help. Your support will provide Idaho's kids best-in-class, long-term residential care to transform childhood trauma into hope, healing, and resilience.

120 kids

Idaho's kids are struggling, but you can help!

Childhood Trauma in Idaho

Idaho's Kids Need Your Help

Idaho has one of the highest rates of trauma in the United States.

The Idaho Youth Ranch Center for Healing & Resilience

"We love Idaho, and we believe in taking care of our own. Idaho’s most vulnerable kids should not be sent to other states for the help they need. It’s time to support their families, help them heal here in Idaho, and allow all our children to live up to their God-given potential."

Thank you to everyone who is supporting a more promising future for Idaho's kids.

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