Placement Requirements

Eagle Ranch Christian Children's Home

Admission Guidelines

The children's program at Eagle Ranch generally admits children with mild to moderate emotional and/or behavioral problems, such as depression, anxiety, oppositional/defiant behavior, lying, stealing, school conduct problems, academic underachievement, poor social skills, anger management, poor self-image, etc. Children and teens exhibiting more at risk behavior or severe problems will be evaluated on an individual basis.

Child

Boys, aged 8 - 16, and girls, aged 8- 17.
Minimum IQ of 70.
Mild to moderate emotional and/or behavioral problems.
Must have family involvement with potential for reunification.
Must have family (birth, adoptive, foster) to live with on weekends home & breaks (school holidays, several weeks during the summer, etc.).
Must be able to function in a public school, although grades 5-9 will be educated on-campus.
Should live within an 80-mile radius of Eagle Ranch (Gainesville area).
No alcohol or drug dependency.
No history of sexual offending behavior or sexual perpetration.
No active suicidal or homicidal threats, ideation, or behavior (if history of suicidal or homicidal threats, ideation or behavior, a review of psychiatric/hospital records will determine appropriateness of placement at Eagle Ranch.
Average length of stay is 12 - 24 months.
Exceptions may be made on a case by case basis.

Parent/Guardian

Child's family resides within 80 miles of the Eagle Ranch campus in Georgia.
Family involvement with the potential for reunification. Must provide home for child every other weekend, holidays and school breaks.
Family must be willing to meet at the Ranch to participate in all counseling and parent-support group sessions.
Child must have health insurance.