The Buckeye Ranch

📅 Mark Your Calendars! Save the date for the 2025 We Raise Hope foster parent training conference! Join us on March 14 and 15 at the CreekSide Event Center in Gahanna for two days of education, connection, and collaboration with fellow #FosterParents. We’re excited to partner with Franklin County Street Smart of Franklin County Sheriff's Office as one of the many amazing speakers and partners who will share valuable insights during the conference. 🌟 Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to grow, learn, and strengthen your support network with other foster parenting peers! Have questions? Contact our foster care team at: https://lnkd.in/gsbK8gF5 #FosterParent #FosterCare #Fostering #TheBuckeyeRanchDifference

Our #FosterCare team is active in the community! In September, our foster care team joined the West Jefferson community at their ‘Falling into Healthy Habits’ Health Fair! It was a great day of connection, learning, and spreading awareness about the need for foster families in our community. If you live in the area and want to learn more about fostering, reach out to our team! We’d love to chat about how you can make a difference for youth in your local community as a #fosterparent or #respitecaregiver. 🏠✨ 📞 (800) 296-5113 💻 https://lnkd.in/gdji5jUU =#TheBuckeyeRanchDifference #FosterParentJourney

🌟 Become a Sponsor for A Positive Note 2025! 🌟 🎵Your support makes hope and healing possible for youth and families in our community! By becoming a sponsor for #APositiveNote2025, you’ll be part of a collective effort to raise hope and provide healing for youth and families in Ohio. We can’t wait to share inspiring stories of hope and healing from those whose lives have been transformed – thanks to your generosity! 🎶Thank you for your commitment to ensuring healthy families in our community. Your support makes this critical work possible. Ready to make an impact? Visit: https://lnkd.in/e-RWTw2h #TheBuckeyeRanch #WeRaiseHope

❌ Myth: Children enter foster care and immediately become adopted into a new family. ✅Truth: Reunification is always our top priority at The Buckeye Ranch. We work closely with families to reinvest in their futures with the goal of helping them reunite. Only when #Reunification is no longer an option do children in foster care wait 3-4 years (or more) for adoption. Want to learn more about #FosterCare and how you can support children and families along their journey? Reach out today and make a real difference by submitting an inquiry form! 🏡 https://lnkd.in/gdji5jUU #TheBuckeyeRanch #FosterParents

🎉November is #NationalAdoptionMonth!🎉 This month, we celebrate the incredible families who have adopted or are on the path to adoption! Every adoption story brings hope and a new beginning for youth in need of love and stability. Thank you to every incredible family that has opened their heart and home to youth in need through adoption! Did you know? On any given day, over 3,000 children in Ohio are waiting for their forever family. 🏠 By becoming a #FosterParent with The Buckeye Ranch, you can take the first step toward #FosterCareAdoption. Our #FosterParents receive dual foster-to-adopt licensing, helping them jump start the process of providing a loving, permanent home to a child in need. Change a child’s life forever by starting your foster care journey today: bit.ly/TBRFosterCare #FosterToAdopt #TheBuckeyeRanch

🎃Visitors, staff, and passers-by alike have been delighted by the pumpkins hand-painted by our youth receiving treatment on our Residential Treatment Services campus in Grove City. The pumpkins are proudly displayed at our Hoover Road entrance! 🍁This month, our Residential Treatment Services staff coordinated a Fall Festival for the youth in care, where they hand selected pumpkins to paint from the ‘pumpkin patch’, snacked on s’mores, took hayrides, played games, and so much more! The event was a tremendous success and a big hit with the youth who were all able to safely participate. 👻Youth were also able to celebrate Halloween on October 30, with a Trunk R' Treat and festive party in the gym - complete with skeletons, spooky punch, games, and a movie! The residents had a blast getting in the spirit, dressing up in their costumes and eating lots of candy. 🍂We would like to give a special shoutout to our Residential Activities Coordinator, Diedra, whose creativity and passion has created some wonderful experiences and memories for youth and staff alike. Normalizing group experiences like this are a critical piece of the healing of youth in residential care. To learn more about activities and therapies taking place on our Residential Treatment Services campus, visit: https://lnkd.in/eXB-6Y7q

🏡 Get to know our Grove City Residential Treatment Services campus history! 🏡 Our story began in 1958 when founding members of our Women’s Service Board fundraised in the community to purchase a 75-acre farm on Hoover Rd. Just three years later, in 1961, they supported the opening of our first residential cottage — and we’ve been growing ever since! 🌿 Today, our campus has eight houses tailored to meet the unique needs of youth based on their gender, age, and mental health requirements. 💙 Here’s what our Grove City campus offers: 🕛24/7 staff support 🎶 Alternative therapies like music, art, and adventure therapy 🐹Small-Animal Therapy 🏥 On-campus health services 📚 On-site schooling provided by South-Western City School District 🌱 Recreation areas — including a new community garden coming in 2025! 🏞️ Community and secure outdoor spaces 🔒 Secure, lockable rooms for added safety Want to learn more about our campus offerings today? Visit: https://lnkd.in/eXB-6Y7q #BuckeyeRanch #ResidentialTreatment #MentalHealthSupport #GroveCityCampus #YouthCare #HealingAndHope #SouthWesternCitySchools

🎁The holiday season is swiftly approaching! Don’t miss the opportunity to give the gift of hope to youth in need this year!🎄 Our Hope for the Holidays program matches generous donors, like you, with youth receiving support from The Buckeye Ranch. ✨When you sign up to be a donor, we match you to a youth receiving services from The Buckeye Ranch to provide much-needed holiday gifts, ensuring access to comfort and cheer during this special time. Register by 10/31 to bring holiday magic to a youth in need at: https://lnkd.in/gGr_FFNJ

Exciting News!🌱 We are thrilled to announce that our Residential Treatment Campus in Grove City has been awarded a Grow Ohio Grant through Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Office of Nutrition to create a community garden! This hands-on project will allow our youth to engage with nature and nurture plants from seed to harvest. 🧑🌾Partnering with our residential cafeteria, the garden’s fresh produce will be used in meals across campus, allowing our youth to nourish their community in a truly special way. Visiting families can also participate, planting seeds for growth together! 🥕While the days may have turned chilly, the garden is beginning to take shape! This week, team members from Overmyer Hall Associates joined our Maintenace team to construct three raised garden beds and a composter.🌻 Their efforts have laid the foundation for a space of exciting therapeutic opportunities that will help our youth grow socially, emotionally, physically and educationally. Youth also started seeds to sow in the garden this spring at their Fall Festival! 🙏Thank you Overmeyer Hall Associates for generously giving your time to this project, and to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, Office of Nutrition for the funding that has made this project possible. #CommunityGarden #TheBuckeyeRanch

🚧 Progress is moving full speed ahead with our Residential Treatment Services campus expansion! 👷♂️ As the youth mental health crisis continues to grow, we are expanding our Residential Treatment Services campus to provide added capacity for residential care in our community. We’ve partnered with Nationwide Children's Hospital to create a new Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) program on our Grove City campus. This program is already operational with 6 beds on our campus, helping higher acuity youth transitioning from psychiatric hospital care.💚 By late summer 2025, the campus expansion will upgrade community spaces to support additional youth on campus, as well as provide a new 57,000 sq./ft. building will offer an additional 28 Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) beds and 20 PRTF beds, expanding our capacity to support even more youth in need. Follow us for more updates on this exciting project! Want a sneak peek? Take a virtual tour here: https://lnkd.in/eaHBh7Hh #YouthMentalHealth #BuckeyeRanch #PRTF #NationwideChildrens #ResidentialTreatment