The Ranch provides a healthy home environment filled with emotional support to help each child learn to trust those around them and cope with their emotions, all the while learning responsibility and building self confidence. The Ranch’s mission is to address, remedy, and prevent child abuse and neglect by creating safe, healthy, and permanent homes for children. The Ranch began as two mobile homes on several acres in Independence County in 1976. Through the support of Arkansans and the state’s county sheriffs, the program has expanded to include campuses in Independence, Clark and Crawford counties, and a multitude of outreach programs. What began as a safe haven for two boys has provided more than 1,200 Arkansans a place to always call home.