Youth Development

*Provide a natural working environment – with gentle natured horses – for youth to gain:
confidence, improve their mood, and reduce self-doubt, anxiety, and sadness.

*Learn how to manage human feelings and emotions, employ self-control, and utilize coping strategies to pass that calmness to the horses.

*Identify and follow clear rules and goals

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Youth Outreach and Enrichment

*Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
*Gain a better understanding on how to make constructive changes

*Form meaningful relationships with others

*Develop a deeper understanding of social justice

*Gain a sense of individual effectiveness

*Recognize the need for involvement

Prop 64 Education

*One hour of every session focuses on AOD *Prevention/Intervention/Education

*Peer support for working on/toward sobriety

*Distribute outreach materials and create dialog with community members

Junior Foreman

*Mentorship training

*Develop communication skills

*Create a post high school graduation plan

*Help facilitate Ranch programs through volunteerism