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Hill Country Youth Ranch

Restoring and Redeeming the Lives of Abused and Abandoned Children

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Mission and Philosophy

It is the mission of Hill Country Youth Ranch to provide a safe, loving, and life-enhancing environment for children with special emotional and developmental needs.

Philosophy of Healing and Growth

We believe that God has endowed each human being with a unique set of instructions to carry out his life.  One of the most profound disturbances to the early development of this guidance system occurs when a child is prematurely separated from a protective environment, such as through loss of important relationships owing to abuse, abandonment, or catastrophe.  Only time, along with the experience of being nurtured, can dissipate fear and anger and return the child to his appointed journey.

Contact with a patient and disciplined person who has an effective understanding of the healing process can play an important role during this time of recovery.  Since it is rare for a wounded child to move adeptly into a trust-based relationship, it is also essential to provide a structured environment that can secure the child in moral and personal safety until the complex and perilous task of recovering treasures lost is achieved.

Building Trust

Before healing can begin, a child must feel safe.  Part of feeling safe is being accepted despite poor behavior choices.  HCYR’s team focuses on gaining understanding of each child’s trauma, seeing potential and reaching out to the child to build mutual trust.  Moreover, we believe that a child needs to experience relationship that lasts, knowing someone who endures with him over time until the best and worst has all been seen.

Hill Country Youth Ranch

3522 Junction Highway
Ingram, TX 78025
Phone: (830) 367-2131
Fax: (830) 367-6108
communications@youth-ranch.org

Big Springs Ranch for Children

10664 US Highway 83 North
Leakey, TX 78873
Phone: (830) 232-7110
Fax: (830) 232-4256
bsinfo@youth-ranch.org

Enhanced Horizons

149 Camp Scenic Loop
Ingram, TX 78025
Phone: (830) 367-4330
Fax: (830) 367-2814
contact@enhancedhorizons.org

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